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How to Synergize Blitzcrank with Nidalee on the Same TeamBlitzcrank is in the s tier of champions

Blitzcrank with Nidalee

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How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Nidalee

based on 954 Blitzcrank with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.58
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Blitzcrank has gone into battle with Nidalee in 954 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much complete data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can showcase high-quality, accurate builds to help Blitzcrank play with Nidalee. It is very rare for Blitzcrank to play with Nidalee on the same side. This pairing has only happened in approx. 0.7% of rounds with Blitzcrank.

Blitzcrank Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Blitzcrank does a below average job of teaming up with Nidalee. Typically, he wins a poor 47.7% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Blitzcrank when playing alongside Nidalee by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Blitzcrank vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsMobility Boots

Core Blitzcrank Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Frozen HeartKnight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Blitzcrank to level upq
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Second ability for Blitzcrank to level upe
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Last skill for Blitzcrank to max outw

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteArmorArmor
Blitzcrank's passive ability p
Blitzcrank's q ability q
Blitzcrank's w ability w
Blitzcrank's e ability e
Blitzcrank'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 Synergizing Blitzcrank and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Nidalee

Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.

The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.

Advice to Understand How Nidalee Will Play

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.

Blitzcrank Nidalee Synergy Stats

Blitzcrank Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Nidalee Image
2.2
< Kills >
2.2
6
< Deaths >
6.1
13.3
< Assists >
13.5
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
29
< Minions Killed >
29
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.4
2,762
< Physical Damage >
2,758
5,839
< Magic Damage >
5,893
950
< True Damage >
962
9,552
< Damage Dealt >
9,615
23,166
< Damage Taken >
22,973
8,360
< Gold Earned >
8,486
1.21
< Towers >
1.34
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,163
< Total Healing >
2,319
10,204
< Experience >
10,470
56
< Vision Score >
56
25
< Wards Placed >
25
312
< Time Dealing CC >
312

How to Play with Nidalee as Blitzcrank in LoL

The Blitzcrank Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Blitzcrank sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nidalee. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nidalee helps Blitzcrank perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Blitzcrank is an ally to Nidalee, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Nidalee does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played together with Nidalee on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nidalee. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nidalee.

Additionally, when Blitzcrank plays with Nidalee on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Nidalee does a poor job of covering Blitzcrank during team fights.

Synergies between Blitzcrank and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Blitzcrank
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Blitzcrank
Nidalee

Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Blitzcrank that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Nidalee is a terrible ally for Blitzcrank. By playing on the same team as Blitzcrank, she decreases their win rate by -3.9% to 47.7%. This signals that there is a very bad synergy between Blitzcrank and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Nidalee has a much greater difficulty compared to Blitzcrank. That means you should be careful when lining up Nidalee comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to work well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Blitzcrank players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Blitzcrank and Nidalee together, you will not be providing your other teammates much sustained damage output. Make sure to have other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Nidalee ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Blitzcrank Players

How We Calculated Our Blitzcrank Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Blitzcrank and Nidalee, we analyzed 954 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Blitzcrank with Nidalee comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank to synergize with Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to include in your Blitzcrank and Nidalee synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank included at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Nidalee than with most other common builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 47.7% when playing alongside Nidalee with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Nidalee with Blitzcrank are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.