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

Nidalee vs Viego

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

based on 988 Nidalee vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League games that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Viego as Nidalee resulted from an analysis of 988 ranked games where both champions fought one another. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Nidalee encounters Viego in only 3.8% of her rounds.

Nidalee vs Viego Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a awful job of beating Viego. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.6% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Nidalee against Viego games, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Viego.

Best Nidalee vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeAether Wisp

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassHextech RocketbeltShadowflame

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
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Viego as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Viego

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.

Nidalee vs Viego Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Viego Image
7
< Kills >
7.3
5.9
< Deaths >
6.1
7.4
< Assists >
6.2
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
39
< Minions Killed >
37
1.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.7
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,180
< Physical Damage >
14,712
16,353
< Magic Damage >
2,107
1,012
< True Damage >
798
18,546
< Damage Dealt >
17,618
30,467
< Damage Taken >
32,494
11,430
< Gold Earned >
12,029
1.52
< Towers >
1.48
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
16,047
< Total Healing >
16,044
12,873
< Experience >
13,616
25
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
6
139
< Time Dealing CC >
215

How to Counter Viego with Nidalee in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some significant Nidalee vs. Viego matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Viego..

Nidalee typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Viego. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nidalee and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Viego

Who is Better, Nidalee or Viego?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when facing off against Viego, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a poor counter to Viego.

While Nidalee does have a lower winrate than Viego, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nidalee into Viegoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viego. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Nidalee is a terribly counter to Viego. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nidalee against Viego.

Other Champion Matchups Against Nidalee

Nidalee Loses Against

SingedSinged38.7% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia38.7% winrateEliseElise38.9% winrateNilahNilah39.3% winrate

Nidalee Wins Against

JayceJayce54.4% winrateHweiHwei51.9% winrateYuumiYuumi51.8% winrateKarthusKarthus51.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

JannaJanna+ 50% 612 GamesBriarBriar+ 50.2% 307 GamesZacZac+ 50.2% 263 GamesNilahNilah+ 50.6% 439 Games

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Nidalee, we analyzed 988 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 Viego 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.

Other Useful Resources

Nidalee Build Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Nidalee in order to counter Viego during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Viego. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Nidalee versus Viego build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better against Viego than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 46.6% battling Viego with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Viego 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. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nidalee vs Viego clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.6% win rate overall.

If you need to see Nidalee x Viego tips and counter stats for a a particular rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies shown are computed using all rounds finished with these champs.