Sylas vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Sylas
based on 816 Sylas vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Nidalee
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several strategic Sylas vs. Nidalee counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..
Sylas often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Sylas or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 54.8% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a great counter to Nidalee.
While Sylas does have a much higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sylas into Nidalee.
Furthermore, Sylas also has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Nidalee matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Sylas is a great counter for Nidalee. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas to counter Nidalee during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas on average racks up much more CS relative to Nidalee. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sylas versus Nidalee build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Nidalee than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 54.8% when playing against Nidalee with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Nidalee as Sylas, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Sylas vs Nidalee counters, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.8% win rate overall.
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