Akali vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Akali
based on 1,480 Akali vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Nidalee
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Akali vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Akali in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Akali versus Nidalee counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Akali often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nidalee. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Akali or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually wins when taking on Nidalee, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a good counter for Nidalee.
While Akali does have a higher winrate than Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Akali into Nidaleeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Nidalee matchups, Akali is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Akali is a good counter for Nidalee. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually racks up much more CS relative to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Akali versus Nidalee build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Nidalee than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 52.3% battling Nidalee with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Nidalee as Akali, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Akali vs Nidalee matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.3% winrate overall.
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