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

Nidalee vs Rammus

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

How to Beat Rammus as Nidalee

based on 372 Nidalee vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games each week. Within our database, Nidalee engaged Rammus in 372 rounds. Having so many games with Nidalee versus Rammus gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide actionable statistics and a recommended build to suppress Rammus. This matchup is fairly rare. Nidalee fights Rammus in only 1.4% of her matches.

Nidalee vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a terrible job of countering Rammus. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.2% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Nidalee versus Rammus rounds, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Rammus.

Best Nidalee vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapHextech 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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Guide to Countering Rammus as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Nidalee vs Rammus Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Rammus Image
7
< Kills >
4.3
6.1
< Deaths >
5.4
7.6
< Assists >
10.7
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
0.95
42
< Minions Killed >
36
1.02
< Dragons Killed >
1.13
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,251
< Physical Damage >
2,436
16,871
< Magic Damage >
11,830
1,108
< True Damage >
721
19,231
< Damage Dealt >
14,987
30,261
< Damage Taken >
31,536
11,397
< Gold Earned >
10,503
1.46
< Towers >
1.15
0.2
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
15,454
< Total Healing >
12,282
12,808
< Experience >
12,868
26
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
7
124
< Time Dealing CC >
586

How to Counter Rammus with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several influential Nidalee against Rammus matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rammus..

Nidalee typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Rammus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Rammus

Who is Better, Nidalee or Rammus?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when facing off against Rammus, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a poor counter to Rammus.

While Nidalee does have a lower winrate than Rammus, when they face off with one another, Nidalee also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Nidalee into Rammusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Nidalee is a trash counter to Rammus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Rammus.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Nidalee, we analyzed 372 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 Rammus 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 Rammus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Rammus. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Nidalee versus Rammus build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Rammus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 46.2% when playing against Rammus with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Rammus as Nidalee, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nidalee vs Rammus counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.2% winrate overall.

If you want to view Nidalee versus Rammus tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all matches finished with both champions.