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How to Synergize Draven with Nidalee on the Same TeamDraven is in the s tier of champions

Draven with Nidalee

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How to Synergize Draven and Nidalee

based on 879 Draven with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Draven has fought alongside Nidalee in 879 recent, ranked matches. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Draven synergize with Nidalee. It is very rare for Draven to play alongside Nidalee on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in about 0.7% of matches with Draven.

Draven Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Draven has done a below average job of teaming up with Nidalee. Typically, he wins a poor 47.4% of the time the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Draven when fighting on the same team as Nidalee by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Draven vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Draven Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Essence ReaverBloodthirsterHubrisRapid Firecannon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Draven to level upq
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Second ability for Draven to level upw
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Last skill for Draven to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Draven's passive ability p
Draven's q ability q
Draven's w ability w
Draven's e ability e
Draven's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Draven and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Draven with Nidalee

If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.

If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.

Advice to Understand How Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Draven Nidalee Synergy Stats

Draven Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Nidalee Image
8.3
< Kills >
8.4
6.6
< Deaths >
6.7
5.5
< Assists >
5.5
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
177
< Minions Killed >
172
0.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.48
21,976
< Physical Damage >
21,842
121
< Magic Damage >
125
441
< True Damage >
477
22,538
< Damage Dealt >
22,444
22,801
< Damage Taken >
22,593
13,710
< Gold Earned >
13,671
2.42
< Towers >
2.33
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,867
< Total Healing >
6,845
12,183
< Experience >
12,267
15
< Vision Score >
15
7
< Wards Placed >
7
92
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Play with Nidalee as Draven in LoL

The Draven Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Draven sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nidalee. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nidalee helps Draven perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Draven plays on the same team as Nidalee, he sees a small increase in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Nidalee supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played together with Nidalee on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nidalee.

Moreover, when Draven plays with Nidalee on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Nidalee does a poor job of covering Draven during team fights.

Synergies between Draven and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Draven
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Draven
Nidalee

Is Draven better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no top ally for Draven that will always be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Nidalee is a relatively poor teammate for Draven. By being on the same team as Draven, she drops their win rate by -2.3% to 47.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Draven and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Nidalee has a lower difficulty than Draven. That means Draven players don't need to be careful when finding Nidalee comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by bringing Draven and Nidalee together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of cover. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Nidalee ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Draven Players

How We Calculated Our Draven Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Draven and Nidalee, we analyzed 879 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Draven with Nidalee comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Draven to work well with Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to include in your Draven and Nidalee synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Draven included at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Nidalee than with most other common item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nidalee with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Draven and Nidalee pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.

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