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How to Synergize Nidalee with Gnar on the Same TeamNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee with Gnar

How to Win With Nidalee and Gnar Paired TogetherNidalee is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nidalee and Gnar

based on 301 Nidalee with Gnar pairs
Win Rate
38.5 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nidalee has fought alongside Gnar in 301 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much accurate data straight from the makers of League, we are confident that we can present to you high-quality, usable builds to help Nidalee play with Gnar. It is very rare for Nidalee to play alongside Gnar as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 1.2% of games with Nidalee.

Nidalee Gnar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a awful job of synergizing with Gnar. Typically, she wins a dismal 38.5% of rounds the champs appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Nidalee when playing with Gnar by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Hextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Nidalee and Gnar

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with Gnar

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.

Advice to Understand How Gnar Will Play

Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.

Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.

Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.

Nidalee Gnar Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
38.5 %
VS
Win Rate
61.5 %
Gnar Image
7.1
< Kills >
7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.3
7.4
< Assists >
7.3
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
34
< Minions Killed >
41
1.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,009
< Physical Damage >
1,240
16,745
< Magic Damage >
16,536
989
< True Damage >
975
18,744
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
31,072
< Damage Taken >
31,092
11,466
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.35
< Towers >
1.45
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
16,238
< Total Healing >
16,085
12,756
< Experience >
12,887
25
< Vision Score >
25
7
< Wards Placed >
7
127
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with Gnar as Nidalee in LoL

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

Overall, Nidalee sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gnar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gnar helps Nidalee perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nidalee is an ally to Gnar, she observes a little decrease in her full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Gnar does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played alongside Gnar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Gnar. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Gnar.

Additionally, when Nidalee plays with Gnar on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Gnar does a decent job of protecting Nidalee during team fights.

Synergies between Nidalee and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
Gnar

Is Nidalee better when played alongside Gnar?

There is no ideal companion for Nidalee that will always be her best synergy. However, Gnar is a very bad ally for Nidalee. By playing on the same side as Nidalee, he decreases their win rate by -6.3% to 38.5%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Nidalee and Gnar that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Gnar has a lower difficulty than Nidalee. That means Nidalee players don't need to be cautious when lining up Gnar teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.

When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by grouping Nidalee and Gnar together, you will not be granting your other allies very much utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.

Regardless of your Gnar ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee Gnar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and Gnar, we analyzed 301 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 Nidalee with Gnar 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 Nidalee in order to pair well with Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to use in your Nidalee and Gnar synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when paired up with Gnar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 38.5% helping carry Gnar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Nidalee players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 38.5% winrate overall.

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