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League of Legends Champion NidaleeNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee

AssassinMage
Nidalee is a assassinRoleassassin
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Prowl abilityp
Javelin Toss / Takedown abilityq
Bushwhack / Pounce abilityw
Primal Surge / Swipe abilitye
Aspect Of The Cougar abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
jungle

Nidalee Build

based on 30,878 matches
Win Rate
45.7 %
Pick Rate
2.2 %
Ban Rate
0.4 %

How We Come Up with Our Nidalee Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Nidalee build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Nidalee builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Nidalee core items and runes for any situation.

Nidalee Build Summary

Nidalee is a a below average jungle champ in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Domination Precision. Adding the specific runes shown below into your Nidalee build will give you the bonus stats to guarantee she plays well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. You should start by building up her q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Nidalee

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sorcerer's ShoesHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Night HarvesterRabadon's DeathcapLich BaneSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Banshee's VeilHorizon FocusVoid StaffZhonya'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
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Nidalee Matchups Overview

Nidalee is Weak Against

IvernIvern40% winrateUdyrUdyr41.7% winrateSkarnerSkarner42.4% winrateNocturneNocturne42.5% winrate

Nidalee is Strong Against

GwenGwen52.3% winrateKindredKindred50.5% winrateTaliyahTaliyah50% winrateSylasSylas49.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Ziggsbottom+ 49.4% 172 GamesPoppytop+ 50.4% 262 GamesVel'Kozsupport+ 52.2% 372 GamesRumblemiddle+ 59% 100 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Nidalee Players

Tips and Tricks

Try hard to land Javelin Toss to initiate as it deals good damage and gives you a movement speed boost.

Switch to Cougar Form to chase down Hunted targets.

Place Bushwhack in choke points to make it hard to avoid.

Additional Nidalee Build Insights

League of Legends Nidalee players will find her to be a dynamic champion to build out properly. You will see that her build changes when she is playing against either diversified or homogenous team comps, demonstrating you should not take the same Nidalee build every single game of League of Legends

The best items to incorporate into your champ's build are: Night Harvester, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Lich Bane. Those who added these items in their kits had a better winrate than players who worked towards other item builds for Nidalee. Moreover, if you are trying to beat a varied enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting Nidalee the Domination, and Precision runes. In recent games, she won the greatest fraction of her rounds when using these runes.

We calculated our Nidalee build suggestions by analyzing 30,878 recently ranked League games with her selected. We only propose the top winrate Nidalee builds that were used by ranked League players enough times for us to propose them. With so many rounds in our data, we are quite confident in our provided builds.