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How to Win Nidalee vs Ashe Counter MatchupNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee vs Ashe

How to Beat Ashe as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ashe as Nidalee

based on 1,841 Nidalee vs Ashe matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
7.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each and every week. Within our dataset, Nidalee engaged Ashe in 1841 rounds. Having so many matchups for Nidalee vs Ashe gives us confidence in our ability to produce useful stats and a recommended build to obliterate Ashe. This particular counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Nidalee has to counter Ashe in only 7.1% of her games.

Nidalee vs Ashe Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a pathetic job of countering Ashe. On average, she wins a lowly 46.7% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Nidalee against Ashe games, Nidalee’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Ashe.

Best Nidalee vs Ashe Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDark Seal

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLuden's CompanionRabadon's DeathcapVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ashe as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Ashe

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 Ashe

Ashe has very few defensive options, and she's a good target to gank.

Be wary of moving around the map alone if Ashe has not recently cast her Enchanted Crystal Arrow.

Nidalee vs Ashe Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Ashe Image
7
< Kills >
5.5
6.4
< Deaths >
6.6
7.5
< Assists >
9
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
41
< Minions Killed >
137
1
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,169
< Physical Damage >
15,017
16,362
< Magic Damage >
2,690
967
< True Damage >
578
18,499
< Damage Dealt >
18,286
30,991
< Damage Taken >
19,806
11,434
< Gold Earned >
11,052
1.49
< Towers >
2.14
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
15,846
< Total Healing >
3,872
12,971
< Experience >
12,153
25
< Vision Score >
29
8
< Wards Placed >
12
141
< Time Dealing CC >
611

How to Counter Ashe with Nidalee in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Nidalee versus Ashe matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ashe’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ashe..

Nidalee often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Ashe. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Ashe

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Ashe
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Ashe

Who is Better, Nidalee or Ashe?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when playing against Ashe, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Nidalee makes a poor counter for Ashe.

While Nidalee does have a lower winrate compared to Ashe, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nidalee into Asheas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash 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 Ashe. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Ashe matchups, Ashe is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Nidalee is a garbage counter to Ashe. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Ashe.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Ashe Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ashe as Nidalee, we analyzed 1,841 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ashe as Nidalee comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nidalee to counter Ashe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Ashe. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Nidalee versus Ashe build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Ashe than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when countering Ashe with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Ashe as Nidalee, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nidalee vs Ashe face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.7% winrate overall.

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