Sivir vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Sivir
based on 353 Sivir vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Nidalee Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Sivir Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Nidalee as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Nidalee
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
Advice to Win Against Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Sivir vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Sivir in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several strategic Sivir versus Nidalee matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..
Sivir often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Nidalee. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sivir and Nidalee
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Sivir or Nidalee?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when playing against Nidalee, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes an ok counter for Nidalee.
While Sivir does have a higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sivir into Nidalee.
Moreover, Sivir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Nidalee matchups, Sivir is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sivir is a decent counter for Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Nidalee.
Other Champion Matchups Against Sivir
Additional Information for Sivir Players
How We Calculated Our Sivir vs Nidalee Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sivir to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir typically gets much more CS as Nidalee. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Sivir versus Nidalee build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Nidalee than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sivir boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when countering Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Nidalee as Sivir, Sivir players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Sivir vs Nidalee matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% winrate overall.
If you want to view Sivir vs Nidalee tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct skill level, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and build suggestions shown are calculated using all rounds played with these champions.