Orianna vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Orianna
based on 363 Orianna vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Nidalee
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
Advice to Win Against Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Orianna vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some influential Orianna versus Nidalee counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nidalee..
Orianna normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Orianna or Nidalee?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when playing against Nidalee, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes a poor counter to Nidalee.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate compared to Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Orianna into Nidaleeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Nidalee matchups, Nidalee is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Orianna is a somewhat poor counter for Nidalee. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Orianna against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Orianna to counter Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually gets much more CS as Nidalee. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Orianna versus Nidalee build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Nidalee than with most other typical builds. In fact, Orianna had an average win rate of 48.8% battling Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Nidalee as Orianna, Orianna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Orianna vs Nidalee battles, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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