Viktor vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Viktor
based on 386 Viktor vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Nidalee
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown here show some valuable Viktor against Nidalee matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Viktor normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Viktor or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 54.7% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a great counter to Nidalee.
While Viktor does have a much higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when facing one another, Viktor also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Viktor into Nidaleeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This 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 Viktor vs Nidalee matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a great counter to Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor on average gets much more CS compared to Nidalee. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Viktor versus Nidalee build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Nidalee than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 54.7% when countering Nidalee with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Nidalee as Viktor, Viktor players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Viktor vs Nidalee LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.7% win rate overall.
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