Lucian vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Lucian
based on 1,550 Lucian vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Nidalee
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here show some valuable Lucian vs. Nidalee counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..
Lucian often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nidalee. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Lucian or Nidalee?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lucian usually wins when facing off against Nidalee, with a 55.7% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.
While Lucian does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lucian into Nidalee.
Additionally, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Nidalee matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Lucian is a great counter to Nidalee. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian usually racks up much more CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Lucian versus Nidalee build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Nidalee than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 55.7% when playing against Nidalee with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Nidalee as Lucian, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Lucian vs Nidalee battles, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.7% winrate overall.
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