Hecarim vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Hecarim
based on 659 Hecarim vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Nidalee
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Hecarim against Nidalee matchup stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Hecarim typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Nidalee. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Nidalee?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually wins when taking on Nidalee, with a 53.6% win rate. As a result, Hecarim makes a great counter for Nidalee.
While Hecarim does have a higher win rate than Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Hecarim into Nidalee.
Furthermore, Hecarim has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Nidalee matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Hecarim is a great counter for Nidalee. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Hecarim to counter Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Hecarim versus Nidalee build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Hecarim used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Nidalee than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 53.6% battling Nidalee with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Nidalee as Hecarim, Hecarim players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Hecarim vs Nidalee counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.6% winrate overall.
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