Xayah vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Xayah
based on 373 Xayah vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Nidalee
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some influential Xayah versus Nidalee counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Xayah typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nidalee. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Xayah or Nidalee?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 55.0% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a great counter for Nidalee.
While Xayah does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xayah into Nidalee.
Additionally, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Nidalee matchups, Xayah is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a great counter to Nidalee. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah to counter Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah on average gets much more CS compared to Nidalee. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Xayah versus Nidalee build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Nidalee than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 55.0% battling Nidalee with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Nidalee as Xayah, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Xayah vs Nidalee battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.0% win rate overall.
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