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

Nidalee vs Veigar

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

based on 901 Nidalee vs Veigar matchups
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our dataset, Nidalee fought Veigar in 901 rounds. Including so many matchups for Nidalee vs Veigar gives us confidence in our capability to prepare informative statistics and a supported build to counter Veigar. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Nidalee is forced to battle against Veigar in only 3.5% of her rounds.

Nidalee vs Veigar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a awful job of beating Veigar. On average, she wins a lowly 46.1% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Nidalee versus Veigar matches, Nidalee’s team is 0.2% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Veigar.

Best Nidalee vs Veigar 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

ShadowflameZhonya's HourglassHextech 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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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Veigar

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 Veigar

Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.

Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.

Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.

Nidalee vs Veigar Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Veigar Image
6.9
< Kills >
7.1
6.3
< Deaths >
6.1
7.1
< Assists >
6
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
43
< Minions Killed >
167
1.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.54
1,158
< Physical Damage >
669
16,497
< Magic Damage >
22,089
903
< True Damage >
581
18,558
< Damage Dealt >
23,339
31,390
< Damage Taken >
19,274
11,452
< Gold Earned >
12,135
1.42
< Towers >
2.15
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
15,835
< Total Healing >
1,995
13,073
< Experience >
14,456
25
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
11
146
< Time Dealing CC >
85

How to Counter Veigar with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several critical Nidalee versus Veigar matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between this pair of champions. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Veigar..

Nidalee usually has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Veigar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Veigar

Who is Better, Nidalee or Veigar?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when facing off against Veigar, with a 46.1% win rate. As a result, Nidalee makes a bad counter to Veigar.

While Nidalee does have a lower win rate than Veigar, when on opposite teams, Nidalee also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nidalee into Veigaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Veigar. 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 a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Veigar matchups, Veigar 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 late stage team fights.

Nidalee is a trash counter for Veigar. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nidalee against Veigar.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Veigar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Veigar as Nidalee, we analyzed 901 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 Veigar 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 in order to counter Veigar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee usually gets a lot less CS as Veigar. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Nidalee versus Veigar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Veigar than with many other common builds. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 46.1% when countering Veigar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Veigar 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 runes players chose for Nidalee vs Veigar matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.1% winrate overall.

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