Kalista vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Kalista
based on 228 Kalista vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Nidalee
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack 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.
Kalista vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some significant Kalista against Nidalee matchup stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Kalista usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nidalee. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Kalista or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kalista usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 55.3% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Kalista does have a much higher winrate than Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Kalista also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kalista into Nidaleeas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Nidalee matchups, Kalista is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kalista is a great counter for Nidalee. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average picks up much more CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kalista versus Nidalee build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Nidalee than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 55.3% when playing against Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Nidalee as Kalista, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Kalista vs Nidalee counters, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.3% winrate overall.
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