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How to Win Ivern vs Nidalee Counter MatchupIvern is in the s tier of champions

Ivern vs Nidalee

How to Beat Nidalee as Ivern in LoLIvern is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nidalee as Ivern

based on 291 Ivern vs Nidalee matchups
Win Rate
55.3 %
K/D/A
3.37
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. In our dataset, Ivern faced off against Nidalee in 291 rounds. Using so many games with Ivern vs Nidalee provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare informative statistics and a supported build to wreck your foe. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Ivern is forced to battle against Nidalee in only 0.7% of his matches.

Ivern vs Nidalee Matchup Summary

Ivern has done a great job of countering Nidalee. Typically, he wins a whopping 55.3% of games the champs fight each other in. In Ivern against Nidalee rounds, Ivern’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Nidalee.

Best Ivern vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Ivern Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ivern to level upe
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Second ability for Ivern to level upq
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Last skill for Ivern to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ivern's passive ability p
Ivern's q ability q
Ivern's w ability w
Ivern's e ability e
Ivern's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Ivern

Tips for Playing as Ivern against Nidalee

Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!

Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!

Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!

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.

Ivern vs Nidalee Counter Stats

Ivern Image
Win Rate
55.3 %
VS
Win Rate
44.7 %
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2.5
< Kills >
7.2
4.9
< Deaths >
6.1
14
< Assists >
7
0.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
17
< Minions Killed >
42
1.17
< Dragons Killed >
1.2
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.47
2,816
< Physical Damage >
1,254
6,388
< Magic Damage >
16,551
1,069
< True Damage >
913
10,274
< Damage Dealt >
18,718
17,918
< Damage Taken >
31,249
9,998
< Gold Earned >
11,646
1.92
< Towers >
1.53
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
6,451
< Total Healing >
16,733
12,803
< Experience >
12,918
25
< Vision Score >
26
7
< Wards Placed >
8
261
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Nidalee with Ivern in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some critical Ivern versus Nidalee matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nidalee. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Ivern often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ivern and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Ivern
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ivern
Nidalee

Who is Better, Ivern or Nidalee?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ivern usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 55.3% win rate. As a result, Ivern makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.

While Ivern does have a much higher winrate compared to Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Ivern also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Ivern into Nidaleeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ivern also has some 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 ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Nidalee matchups, Ivern 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 late stage team fights.

Ivern is a great counter to Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ivern against Nidalee.

Additional Information for Ivern Players

How We Calculated Our Ivern vs Nidalee Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nidalee as Ivern, we analyzed 291 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nidalee as Ivern comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ivern in order to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ivern often gets less CS as Nidalee. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Ivern versus Nidalee build consist of Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Nidalee than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 55.3% when countering Nidalee with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Nidalee as Ivern, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Ivern vs Nidalee LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.3% winrate overall.

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