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How to Win Nidalee vs Zed Counter MatchupNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee vs Zed

How to Beat Zed as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Zed as Nidalee

based on 970 Nidalee vs Zed matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Zed as Nidalee resulted from an analysis of 970 ranked matches where both champs opposed one another. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Nidalee is forced to battle against Zed in only 3.7% of her games.

Nidalee vs Zed Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a below average job of beating Zed. On average, she wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Nidalee versus Zed matches, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Zed.

Best Nidalee vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltLich BaneZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Zed as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Zed

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Advice to Win Against Zed

Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.

Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.

After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.

Nidalee vs Zed Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Zed Image
7.1
< Kills >
8.5
6.5
< Deaths >
6.4
7.2
< Assists >
5.1
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
41
< Minions Killed >
152
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.34
1,270
< Physical Damage >
21,404
16,071
< Magic Damage >
1,232
961
< True Damage >
1,148
18,302
< Damage Dealt >
23,785
31,741
< Damage Taken >
22,399
11,492
< Gold Earned >
12,233
1.41
< Towers >
1.58
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
16,199
< Total Healing >
3,634
12,973
< Experience >
14,422
25
< Vision Score >
17
7
< Wards Placed >
7
150
< Time Dealing CC >
145

How to Counter Zed with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several strategic Nidalee vs. Zed counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zed..

Nidalee typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nidalee and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Zed

Who is Better, Nidalee or Zed?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when playing against Zed, with a 47.0% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a poor counter for Zed.

While Nidalee does have a lower win rate compared to Zed, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nidalee into Zedas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Nidalee is a trash counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Zed.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Zed Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zed as Nidalee, we analyzed 970 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zed as Nidalee comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nidalee to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee on average accumulates a lot less CS as Zed. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Nidalee versus Zed build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Zed than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when countering Zed with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Zed as Nidalee, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nidalee vs Zed matchups, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.

If you want to see Nidalee x Zed tips and builds for a an individual division, please select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and guides displayed are calculated using all games finished with both champs.