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How to Synergize Nidalee with K'Sante on the Same TeamNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee with K'Sante

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

based on 411 Nidalee with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
41.4 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Nidalee has gone into battle with K'Sante in 411 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Nidalee play with K'Sante. It is relatively rare for Nidalee to play alongside K'Sante on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 1.6% of games with Nidalee.

Nidalee K'Sante Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as K'Sante. On average, she wins a dismal 41.4% of matches the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Nidalee when playing alongside K'Sante by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with them, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs K'Sante 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

Zhonya's Hourglass

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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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Nidalee and K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Nidalee K'Sante Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
41.4 %
VS
Win Rate
58.6 %
K'Sante Image
7.6
< Kills >
7
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
7.6
< Assists >
7.3
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
36
< Minions Killed >
41
1.09
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,194
< Physical Damage >
1,240
17,938
< Magic Damage >
16,536
1,131
< True Damage >
975
20,264
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
32,280
< Damage Taken >
31,092
11,707
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.48
< Towers >
1.45
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
17,018
< Total Healing >
16,085
12,950
< Experience >
12,887
26
< Vision Score >
25
7
< Wards Placed >
7
135
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with K'Sante as Nidalee in LoL

The Nidalee K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that K'Sante helps Nidalee perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nidalee plays on the same team as K'Sante, she gets a clear improvement in her full damage dealt. This change may indicate that K'Sante helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that their presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played with K'Sante on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with K'Sante.

Moreover, when Nidalee plays with K'Sante on the same team, she often takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that K'Sante does a poor job of protecting Nidalee in teamfights.

Synergies between Nidalee and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
K'Sante

Is Nidalee better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Nidalee that will 100% of the time be her ideal ally. Yet, overall, K'Sante is a very bad ally for Nidalee. By locking into the same team as Nidalee, they drops their win rate by -3.4% to 41.4%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad bond between Nidalee and K'Sante that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

K'Sante has a greater difficulty than Nidalee. That means you need to be cautious when lining up K'Sante comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by grouping Nidalee and K'Sante together, you may not be granting your side very much utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your K'Sante ally, you need to focus on increasing your 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 K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and K'Sante, we analyzed 411 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 K'Sante 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nidalee to synergize with K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to focus on in your Nidalee and K'Sante synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee included at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better when fighting alongside K'Sante than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average win rate of 41.4% when playing alongside K'Sante with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take 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 combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 41.4% win rate overall.

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