Xerath vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Xerath
based on 1,090 Xerath vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Nidalee
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Xerath vs. Nidalee counter stats that can help you understand the differences between the pair. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Xerath typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Xerath or Nidalee?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Nidalee, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a great counter for Nidalee.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Nidaleeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Nidalee matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xerath is a great counter for Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Nidalee during both the lane 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 suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often picks up more CS as Nidalee. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Xerath versus Nidalee build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Nidalee than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 53.7% when countering Nidalee with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Nidalee as Xerath, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Xerath vs Nidalee battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.7% winrate overall.
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