Rek'Sai vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Rek'Sai
based on 141 Rek'Sai vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Nidalee
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Rek'Sai against Nidalee matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Rek'Sai usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Nidalee. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Nidalee?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a great counter to Nidalee.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Rek'Sai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rek'Sai into Nidalee.
Moreover, Rek'Sai has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Nidalee matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a great counter to Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Nidalee. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Nidalee build include Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Black Cleaver. When Rek'Sai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Nidalee than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 53.2% battling Nidalee with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Nidalee as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Nidalee counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
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