Varus vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Varus
based on 1,079 Varus vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Nidalee
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Varus in LoL
The stats shown here show several significant Varus versus Nidalee matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Varus often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Varus or Nidalee?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Varus makes a good counter for Nidalee.
While Varus does have a higher win rate than Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Varus into Nidalee.
Moreover, Varus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often 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 Varus vs Nidalee matchups, Varus is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Varus is a decent counter to Nidalee. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to counter Nidalee during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often accumulates much more CS as Nidalee. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Varus versus Nidalee build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Varus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Nidalee than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 51.6% battling Nidalee with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nidalee as Varus, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Varus vs Nidalee matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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