Yasuo vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Yasuo
based on 1,695 Yasuo vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Nidalee
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Yasuo against Nidalee matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..
Yasuo normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 57.2% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Yasuo does have a much higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yasuo into Nidaleeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo also 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Nidalee matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Yasuo is a great counter for Nidalee. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo most often racks up much more CS as Nidalee. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yasuo versus Nidalee build include Infinity Edge, Death's Dance, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Nidalee than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 57.2% when playing against Nidalee with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Nidalee as Yasuo, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Yasuo vs Nidalee counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 57.2% winrate overall.
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