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Rengar vs Nidalee

How to Beat Nidalee as Rengar in LoLRengar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nidalee as Rengar

based on 955 Rengar vs Nidalee matchups
Win Rate
55.9 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our dataset, Rengar engaged Nidalee 955 times. Including so many matchups for Rengar vs Nidalee gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare useful data and a supported build to suppress Nidalee. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Rengar is forced to battle against Nidalee in only 0.7% of his matches.

Rengar vs Nidalee Matchup Summary

Rengar does a great job of beating Nidalee. Normally, he wins a terrific 55.9% of games the champions battle one another in. In Rengar versus Nidalee matches, Rengar’s side is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, implying that he probably won't get first blood versus Nidalee.

Best Rengar vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerSerrated Dirk

Core Rengar Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeVoltaic CycloswordHubris

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rengar's passive ability p
Rengar's q ability q
Rengar's w ability w
Rengar's e ability e
Rengar's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Rengar

Tips for Playing as Rengar against Nidalee

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

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.

Rengar vs Nidalee Counter Stats

Rengar Image
Win Rate
55.9 %
VS
Win Rate
44.1 %
Nidalee Image
8.4
< Kills >
7
6.8
< Deaths >
6.6
5.8
< Assists >
7.4
1.93
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
43
< Minions Killed >
39
1.29
< Dragons Killed >
1.07
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.43
17,858
< Physical Damage >
1,306
1,346
< Magic Damage >
15,640
1,108
< True Damage >
864
20,312
< Damage Dealt >
17,810
33,127
< Damage Taken >
31,316
12,941
< Gold Earned >
11,331
1.39
< Towers >
1.48
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.25
15,977
< Total Healing >
15,935
13,979
< Experience >
12,693
20
< Vision Score >
24
5
< Wards Placed >
7
232
< Time Dealing CC >
149

How to Counter Nidalee with Rengar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several important Rengar against Nidalee counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..

Rengar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rengar and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Rengar
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rengar
Nidalee

Who is Better, Rengar or Nidalee?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rengar usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 55.9% win rate. Therefore, Rengar makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.

While Rengar does have a much higher winrate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Rengar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rengar into Nidaleeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Rengar also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Nidalee matchups, Rengar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Rengar is a great counter for Nidalee. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rengar against Nidalee.

Additional Information for Rengar Players

How We Calculated Our Rengar vs Nidalee Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nidalee as Rengar, we analyzed 955 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 Nidalee as Rengar 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

To truly master Rengar to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rengar most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Nidalee. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Rengar versus Nidalee build consist of Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Rengar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Nidalee than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Rengar had an average winrate of 55.9% when playing against Nidalee with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Nidalee as Rengar, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Rengar vs Nidalee clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nidalee as Rengar are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.