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

Nidalee vs Galio

How to Beat Galio as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Galio as Nidalee

based on 659 Nidalee vs Galio matchups
Win Rate
43.9 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Galio as Nidalee resulted from an evaluation of 659 ranked games where both champs opposed each other. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Nidalee is forced to battle against Galio in only 2.5% of her rounds.

Nidalee vs Galio Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a awful job of countering Galio. Typically, she wins a lowly 43.9% of matches the champs face one another in. In Nidalee versus Galio games, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Galio.

Best Nidalee vs Galio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameHextech Rocketbelt

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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Q
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Guide to Countering Galio as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Galio

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 Galio

Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.

Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.

Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.

Nidalee vs Galio Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
43.9 %
VS
Win Rate
56.1 %
Galio Image
6.7
< Kills >
5.8
6.2
< Deaths >
5.9
7.5
< Assists >
8.9
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
39
< Minions Killed >
134
0.98
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.53
1,378
< Physical Damage >
493
14,956
< Magic Damage >
19,454
1,035
< True Damage >
510
17,371
< Damage Dealt >
20,458
30,504
< Damage Taken >
23,758
11,204
< Gold Earned >
10,769
1.34
< Towers >
1.89
0.21
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
15,859
< Total Healing >
2,347
12,633
< Experience >
13,344
24
< Vision Score >
22
7
< Wards Placed >
10
153
< Time Dealing CC >
123

How to Counter Galio with Nidalee in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Nidalee against Galio counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Galio’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Galio..

Nidalee normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Galio. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nidalee and Galio

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Galio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Galio

Who is Better, Nidalee or Galio?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when trying to fight Galio, with a 43.9% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a bad counter to Galio.

While Nidalee does have a much lower win rate than Galio, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Nidalee into Galioas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ 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 terribly counter to Galio. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Galio.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Galio Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Galio as Nidalee, we analyzed 659 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 Galio 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 learn all of the intricacies of Nidalee to counter Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Galio. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Nidalee versus Galio build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Galio than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average win rate of 43.9% when countering Galio with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Galio as Nidalee, Nidalee players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Nidalee vs Galio matchups, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 43.9% winrate overall.

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