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Senna vs Nidalee

How to Beat Nidalee as Senna in LoLSenna is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nidalee as Senna

based on 2,034 Senna vs Nidalee matchups
Win Rate
53.6 %
K/D/A
2.57
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. Within our data, Senna fought Nidalee in 2034 matches. With so many matchups for Senna versus Nidalee gives us faith in our capacity to prepare actionable statistics and a solid build to wreck your opponent. This pairing is somewhat rare. Senna is forced to battle against Nidalee in only 0.7% of her matches.

Senna vs Nidalee Matchup Summary

Senna has done a good job of beating Nidalee. Typically, she wins a whopping 53.6% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Senna vs Nidalee rounds, Senna’s team is 0.2% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably won't get first blood against Nidalee.

Best Senna vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBoots of Swiftness

Core Senna Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeBloodsongVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Edge of NightLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Senna to level upq
>
Second ability for Senna to level upw
>
Last skill for Senna to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCut Down
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Senna's passive ability p
Senna's q ability q
Senna's w ability w
Senna's e ability e
Senna's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Nidalee as Senna

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.

Senna vs Nidalee Counter Stats

Senna Image
Win Rate
53.6 %
VS
Win Rate
46.4 %
Nidalee Image
4.5
< Kills >
7.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.1
11.7
< Assists >
7.2
1.01
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
62
< Minions Killed >
40
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
1.09
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,966
< Physical Damage >
1,202
332
< Magic Damage >
16,759
476
< True Damage >
947
17,775
< Damage Dealt >
18,909
19,024
< Damage Taken >
30,840
10,499
< Gold Earned >
11,502
2.35
< Towers >
1.46
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.26
9,786
< Total Healing >
16,230
11,408
< Experience >
12,896
48
< Vision Score >
25
20
< Wards Placed >
7
205
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Counter Nidalee with Senna in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some influential Senna vs. Nidalee counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nidalee. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Senna usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Nidalee. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Senna and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Senna
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Senna
Nidalee

Who is Better, Senna or Nidalee?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Senna usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 53.6% win rate. Thus, Senna makes a great counter for Nidalee.

While Senna does have a higher win rate than Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Senna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Senna into Nidaleeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Senna has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Senna vs Nidalee matchups, Senna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Senna is a great counter to Nidalee. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Senna against Nidalee.

Additional Information for Senna Players

How We Calculated Our Senna vs Nidalee Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nidalee as Senna, we analyzed 2,034 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 Senna 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 Senna in order to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Senna often picks up more CS relative to Nidalee. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Senna versus Nidalee build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Senna included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Nidalee than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Senna boasted an average win rate of 53.6% when playing against Nidalee with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Nidalee as Senna, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Senna vs Nidalee fights, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.6% winrate overall.

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