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

Nidalee with Samira

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

based on 1,240 Nidalee with Samira pairs
Win Rate
45.6 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
4.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nidalee has gone into battle with Samira in 1240 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much complete data from the makers of League, we are totally sure that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Nidalee synergize with Samira. It is somewhat uncommon for Nidalee to play with Samira on the same side. This has only occurred in approximately 4.8% of games with Nidalee.

Nidalee Samira Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a terrible job of teaming up with Samira. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.6% of games the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Nidalee when playing alongside Samira by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassHextech RocketbeltVoid StaffShadowflame

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
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
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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E
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W
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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 Samira

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with Samira

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.

Nidalee Samira Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
45.6 %
VS
Win Rate
54.4 %
Samira Image
6.7
< Kills >
7
5.9
< Deaths >
6.3
7.3
< Assists >
7.3
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
39
< Minions Killed >
41
1.17
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,205
< Physical Damage >
1,240
16,053
< Magic Damage >
16,536
978
< True Damage >
975
18,237
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
30,701
< Damage Taken >
31,092
11,305
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.44
< Towers >
1.45
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
16,427
< Total Healing >
16,085
12,887
< Experience >
12,887
24
< Vision Score >
25
7
< Wards Placed >
7
150
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with Samira as Nidalee in LoL

The Nidalee Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, 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 Samira. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Samira helps Nidalee perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nidalee tries to synergize with Samira, she gets a barely noticable drop in her complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Samira doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played together with Samira on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Samira.

Additionally, when Nidalee plays with Samira on the same side, she typically takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Samira does a decent job of covering Nidalee during team fights.

Synergies between Nidalee and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
Samira

Is Nidalee better when played alongside Samira?

There is no top ally for Nidalee that will 100% of the time be her top ally. However, Samira is a very typical ally for Nidalee. By locking into the same team as Nidalee, she increases their win rate by 0.8% to 45.6%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Nidalee and Samira that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

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

When playing together, Nidalee players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by pairing Nidalee and Samira together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of utility. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.

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

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee Samira Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and Samira, we analyzed 1,240 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 Samira 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 work well with Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to build first in your Nidalee and Samira synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Samira than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average win rate of 45.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Samira with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Nidalee and Samira pairings, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Samira with Nidalee are given for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.