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

Nidalee with Rek'Sai

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

based on 41 Nidalee with Rek'Sai pairs
Win Rate
43.9 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
0.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Nidalee has been on the same team as Rek'Sai in 41 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much relevant data from the hosts of League, we are confident that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Nidalee synergize with Rek'Sai. It is very rare for Nidalee to play with Rek'Sai as allies. This has only happened in approximately 0.2% of rounds with Nidalee.

Nidalee Rek'Sai Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Rek'Sai. Normally, she wins a poor 43.9% of games the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Nidalee when playing with Rek'Sai by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealGlowing Mote

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneHextech Rocketbelt

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveBanshee's VeilDream MakerCryptbloom

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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 CollectionIngenious Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearFuture's Market
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
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E
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Nidalee and Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai Will Play

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Nidalee Rek'Sai Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
43.9 %
VS
Win Rate
56.1 %
Rek'Sai Image
6.5
< Kills >
7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.3
7.9
< Assists >
7.3
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
71
< Minions Killed >
41
0.71
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,700
< Physical Damage >
1,240
17,111
< Magic Damage >
16,536
774
< True Damage >
975
19,585
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
29,185
< Damage Taken >
31,092
11,364
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.76
< Towers >
1.45
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
13,480
< Total Healing >
16,085
13,090
< Experience >
12,887
32
< Vision Score >
25
11
< Wards Placed >
7
125
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with Rek'Sai as Nidalee in LoL

The Nidalee Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Rek'Sai helps Nidalee perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nidalee is an ally to Rek'Sai, she sees a marginal improvement in her full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Rek'Sai supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played with Rek'Sai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Rek'Sai.

Additionally, when Nidalee plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, she often receives less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Rek'Sai does a decent job of covering Nidalee in teamfights.

Synergies between Nidalee and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
Rek'Sai

Is Nidalee better when played alongside Rek'Sai?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Nidalee that will 100% of the time be her #1 teammate. However, Rek'Sai is a very typical teammate for Nidalee. By being on the same team as Nidalee, he drops their win rate by -0.9% to 43.9%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Nidalee and Rek'Sai that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Rek'Sai has a much lower diffuclty than Nidalee. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Rek'Sai allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working together, Nidalee players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Nidalee and Rek'Sai together, you probably will not be giving your side much utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this gap in their potential.

Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee Rek'Sai Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and Rek'Sai, we analyzed 41 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 Rek'Sai 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 in order to work well with Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to build first in your Nidalee and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Rek'Sai than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 43.9% helping carry Rek'Sai with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Nidalee players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ingenious Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 43.9% win rate overall.

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