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

Nidalee with Karthus

How to Win With Nidalee and Karthus Paired TogetherNidalee is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nidalee and Karthus

based on 118 Nidalee with Karthus pairs
Win Rate
39.8 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Nidalee has gone into battle with Karthus in 118 recent, ranked matches. By gathering so much complete data directly from the makers of League, we are confident that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Nidalee synergize with Karthus. It is very rare for Nidalee to play alongside Karthus as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 0.5% of games with Nidalee.

Nidalee Karthus Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a terrible job of synergizing with Karthus. Normally, she wins a lowly 39.8% of the time the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Nidalee when fighting on the same team as Karthus by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneHextech Rocketbelt

Optional Items

Stormsurge

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
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Nidalee and Karthus

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with Karthus

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 Karthus Will Play

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

Nidalee Karthus Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
39.8 %
VS
Win Rate
60.2 %
Karthus Image
6.7
< Kills >
7
7.3
< Deaths >
6.3
7.2
< Assists >
7.3
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
57
< Minions Killed >
41
0.74
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,444
< Physical Damage >
1,240
16,083
< Magic Damage >
16,536
938
< True Damage >
975
18,466
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
31,396
< Damage Taken >
31,092
11,474
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.54
< Towers >
1.45
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
13,711
< Total Healing >
16,085
13,019
< Experience >
12,887
27
< Vision Score >
25
10
< Wards Placed >
7
165
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with Karthus as Nidalee in LoL

The Nidalee Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Karthus helps Nidalee perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nidalee tries to synergize with Karthus, she sees a small decrease in her complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Karthus does not support by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played together with Karthus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Karthus.

Additionally, when Nidalee plays with Karthus on the same side, she on average takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Nidalee in team fights.

Synergies between Nidalee and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
Karthus

Is Nidalee better when played alongside Karthus?

There is no top companion for Nidalee that will no matter what be her ideal synergy. However, overall, Karthus is a terrible ally for Nidalee. By playing on the same team as Nidalee, he lowers their win rate by -5.0% to 39.8%. This clearly indicates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Nidalee and Karthus that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Karthus has a lower difficulty than Nidalee. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Karthus teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by grouping Nidalee and Karthus together, you will not be granting your team very much engage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Karthus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee Karthus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and Karthus, we analyzed 118 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 Karthus 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 to work well with Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to have in your Nidalee and Karthus synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Karthus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 39.8% helping carry Karthus with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use 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 combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 39.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Karthus with Nidalee are given for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.