Vi vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Vi
based on 722 Vi vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Nidalee
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Vi in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Vi versus Nidalee matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Vi often has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Vi or Nidalee?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vi usually wins when facing off against Nidalee, with a 57.6% win rate. Therefore, Vi makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Vi does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Vi also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vi into Nidalee.
Furthermore, Vi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vi vs Nidalee matchups, Vi 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.
Vi is a great counter to Nidalee. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vi against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vi to counter Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi often gets a similar amount of CS as Nidalee. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Vi versus Nidalee build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Vi used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Nidalee than with many other common builds. In fact, Vi had an average winrate of 57.6% when countering Nidalee with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Nidalee as Vi, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Vi vs Nidalee battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 57.6% winrate overall.
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