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

Nidalee vs Lulu

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

based on 376 Nidalee vs Lulu matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our dataset, Nidalee faced off against Lulu 376 times. Using so many matchups for Nidalee versus Lulu provides us faith in our capacity to provide actionable stats and a solid build to crush Lulu. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Nidalee has to counter Lulu in only 1.4% of her matches.

Nidalee vs Lulu Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a poor job of beating Lulu. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.1% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Nidalee vs Lulu rounds, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Lulu.

Best Nidalee vs Lulu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich Bane

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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Guide to Countering Lulu as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Lulu

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 Lulu

Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.

The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.

Nidalee vs Lulu Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Lulu Image
6.8
< Kills >
1.7
5.9
< Deaths >
5
7
< Assists >
13.9
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
0.32
37
< Minions Killed >
28
1.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.54
1,262
< Physical Damage >
953
15,321
< Magic Damage >
5,615
916
< True Damage >
469
17,499
< Damage Dealt >
7,038
30,089
< Damage Taken >
15,461
11,213
< Gold Earned >
8,242
1.47
< Towers >
2.18
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
15,972
< Total Healing >
1,900
12,505
< Experience >
10,394
24
< Vision Score >
55
6
< Wards Placed >
25
154
< Time Dealing CC >
243

How to Counter Lulu with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Nidalee against Lulu counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lulu’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lulu. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Nidalee typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Lulu. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nidalee and Lulu

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Lulu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Lulu

Who is Better, Nidalee or Lulu?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when trying to fight Lulu, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a bad counter for Lulu.

While Nidalee does have a lower winrate than Lulu, when on opposite teams, Nidalee also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nidalee into Luluas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Nidalee also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lulu. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Nidalee is a garbage counter for Lulu. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nidalee against Lulu.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Lulu Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lulu as Nidalee, we analyzed 376 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 Lulu 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Nidalee in order to counter Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lulu. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Nidalee versus Lulu build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Lulu than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average win rate of 47.1% when playing against Lulu with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Lulu as Nidalee, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Nidalee vs Lulu LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lulu as Nidalee are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.