Nidalee vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Nidalee
based on 1,327 Nidalee vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nidalee vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Nidalee vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Nidalee
Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Aatrox
Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Nidalee vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Nidalee in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Nidalee against Aatrox matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..
Nidalee often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nidalee and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Nidalee or Aatrox?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when taking on Aatrox, with a 45.0% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a poor counter for Aatrox.
While Nidalee does have a much lower win rate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Nidalee also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Nidalee into Aatroxas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Nidalee has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nidalee is a bad counter for Aatrox. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nidalee against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nidalee in order to counter Aatrox during both the laning 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 stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nidalee on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Aatrox. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nidalee versus Aatrox build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Aatrox than with most other common builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 45.0% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Aatrox as Nidalee, Nidalee players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nidalee vs Aatrox counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.0% win rate overall.
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