Jax vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Jax
based on 1,743 Jax vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jax vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Jax vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Jax
Tips for Playing as Jax against Nidalee
Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.
Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.
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.
Jax vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Jax in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Jax versus Nidalee matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between the two. Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..
Jax normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jax and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Jax or Nidalee?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jax usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 55.7% win rate. As a result, Jax makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Jax does have a much higher winrate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Jax also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Jax into Nidalee.
Moreover, Jax also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jax vs Nidalee matchups, Jax is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Jax is a great counter to Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jax against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jax in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jax on average racks up more CS compared to Nidalee. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities 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 situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Jax versus Nidalee build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Jax used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Nidalee than with many other typical builds. In fact, Jax boasted an average winrate of 55.7% when playing against Nidalee with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Nidalee as Jax, Jax players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Jax vs Nidalee face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.7% win rate overall.
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