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

Nidalee with Vel'Koz

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

based on 445 Nidalee with Vel'Koz pairs
Win Rate
45.6 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Nidalee has fought alongside Vel'Koz in 445 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the hosts of LoL, we feel confident that we can present to you robust, accurate builds to help Nidalee synergize with Vel'Koz. It is relatively rare for Nidalee to play with Vel'Koz on the same side. This has only taken place in about 1.7% of rounds with Nidalee.

Nidalee Vel'Koz Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a terrible job of teaming up with Vel'Koz. Usually, she wins a poor 45.6% of matches the champions try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Nidalee when playing alongside Vel'Koz by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltLich Bane

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
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Nidalee and Vel'Koz

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with Vel'Koz

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 Vel'Koz Will Play

Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.

Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.

When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.

Nidalee Vel'Koz Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
45.6 %
VS
Win Rate
54.4 %
Vel'Koz Image
7.2
< Kills >
7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.3
7.6
< Assists >
7.3
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
39
< Minions Killed >
41
1.29
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,278
< Physical Damage >
1,240
16,612
< Magic Damage >
16,536
1,092
< True Damage >
975
18,983
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
34,058
< Damage Taken >
31,092
11,912
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.43
< Towers >
1.45
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
18,030
< Total Healing >
16,085
13,635
< Experience >
12,887
25
< Vision Score >
25
7
< Wards Placed >
7
158
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with Vel'Koz as Nidalee in LoL

The Nidalee Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, 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 Vel'Koz. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Vel'Koz helps Nidalee perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nidalee is an ally to Vel'Koz, she observes a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Vel'Koz provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played together with Vel'Koz 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 Vel'Koz.

Additionally, when Nidalee plays with Vel'Koz on the same side, she on average receives more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Vel'Koz does a poor job of covering Nidalee in teamfights.

Synergies between Nidalee and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
Vel'Koz

Is Nidalee better when played alongside Vel'Koz?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Nidalee that will 100% of the time be her #1 ally. Yet, Vel'Koz is a very typical teammate for Nidalee. By playing on the same side as Nidalee, he raises their win rate by 0.8% to 45.6%. This demonstrates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Nidalee and Vel'Koz that results in them performing better together than alone.

Vel'Koz has a lower difficulty than Nidalee. That means Nidalee players don't need to be very careful when lining up Vel'Koz teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Nidalee players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by grouping Nidalee and Vel'Koz together, you may not be giving your other allies very much protection for burst damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Vel'Koz ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee Vel'Koz Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and Vel'Koz, we analyzed 445 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 Vel'Koz 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 Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Nidalee and Vel'Koz synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better as an ally of Vel'Koz than with many other common builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average winrate of 45.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing 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 runes players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.6% win rate overall.

If you want to get Nidalee with Vel'Koz cooperations tips and stats for a a distinct skill level, please choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and tips and suggestions given are computed using every round completed with these champs.