Jayce vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Jayce
based on 355 Jayce vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Nidalee
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Jayce in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Jayce against Nidalee counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nidalee..
Jayce usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jayce and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Jayce or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jayce usually loses when playing against Nidalee, with a 45.6% win rate. As a result, Jayce makes a poor counter for Nidalee.
While Jayce does have a much lower winrate than Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Jayce also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Jayce into Nidaleeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Jayce has almost no amount of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Nidalee matchups, Nidalee is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Jayce is a terribly counter for Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jayce against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jayce in order to counter Nidalee during both the early game 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 tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce often accumulates much more CS as Nidalee. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Jayce versus Nidalee build consist of Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Nidalee than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Jayce had an average winrate of 45.6% battling Nidalee with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Nidalee as Jayce, you should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Jayce vs Nidalee battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.6% winrate overall.
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