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

Nidalee vs Vi

How to Beat Vi as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Vi as Nidalee

based on 722 Nidalee vs Vi matchups
Win Rate
42.4 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. In our database, Nidalee engaged Vi 722 times. Including so many games with Nidalee vs Vi gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare useful stats and a pro build to smash Vi. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Nidalee encounters Vi in only 2.8% of her rounds.

Nidalee vs Vi Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a terrible job of countering Vi. On average, she wins a lowly 42.4% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Nidalee vs Vi rounds, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Vi.

Best Nidalee vs Vi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya'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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E
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W
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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 Vi as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Vi

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 Vi

Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.

A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.

Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.

Nidalee vs Vi Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
42.4 %
VS
Win Rate
57.6 %
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6.8
< Kills >
6.4
6.4
< Deaths >
6
7.3
< Assists >
7.6
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.43
42
< Minions Killed >
32
1.01
< Dragons Killed >
1.68
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,269
< Physical Damage >
15,947
16,309
< Magic Damage >
94
968
< True Damage >
843
18,548
< Damage Dealt >
16,885
31,030
< Damage Taken >
29,420
11,415
< Gold Earned >
11,651
1.48
< Towers >
1.46
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
15,761
< Total Healing >
11,377
12,807
< Experience >
13,495
25
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
6
145
< Time Dealing CC >
278

How to Counter Vi with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some critical Nidalee against Vi counter stats that can help you realize the differences between the two. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi..

Nidalee typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Vi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nidalee and Vi

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Vi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Vi

Who is Better, Nidalee or Vi?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when playing against Vi, with a 42.4% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a bad counter to Vi.

While Nidalee does have a much lower win rate compared to Vi, when on opposite teams, Nidalee also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nidalee into Vias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Nidalee has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Nidalee is a terribly counter for Vi. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nidalee against Vi.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Vi Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vi as Nidalee, we analyzed 722 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 Vi 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 Vi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vi. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Nidalee versus Vi build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Vi than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 42.4% when countering Vi with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Vi 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. Out of all the rune builds players used for Nidalee vs Vi matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 42.4% winrate overall.

If you need to view Nidalee versus Vi tips and counter stats for a a specific division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and strategies shown are calculated using every match run with both champs.