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How to Synergize Rek'Sai with Nidalee on the Same TeamRek'Sai is in the b tier of champions

Rek'Sai with Nidalee

How to Win With Rek'Sai and Nidalee Paired TogetherRek'Sai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Nidalee

based on 41 Rek'Sai with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
43.9 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
0.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Rek'Sai has fought alongside Nidalee in 41 recently played, competitive matches. By amassing so much accurate data from the developers of LoL, we are sure that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Rek'Sai synergize with Nidalee. It is very rare for Rek'Sai to play alongside Nidalee as teammates. This has only occurred in about 0.2% of rounds with Rek'Sai.

Rek'Sai Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Rek'Sai does a awful job of playing alongside Nidalee. On average, he wins a poor 43.9% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Rek'Sai when fighting on the same team as Nidalee by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rek'Sai vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
TunnelerTiamat

Core Rek'Sai Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelSterak's GageBlack Cleaver

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingEclipseHubrisKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rek'Sai to level upq
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Second ability for Rek'Sai to level upe
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Last skill for Rek'Sai to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesCheap ShotGhost PoroRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceTenacity and Slow Resist
Rek'Sai's passive ability p
Rek'Sai's q ability q
Rek'Sai's w ability w
Rek'Sai's e ability e
Rek'Sai's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Nidalee

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

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.

Rek'Sai Nidalee Synergy Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
43.9 %
VS
Win Rate
56.1 %
Nidalee Image
8.4
< Kills >
7.3
7.3
< Deaths >
6.4
6.7
< Assists >
7.5
2.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
85
< Minions Killed >
35
0.95
< Dragons Killed >
1.33
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.41
17,448
< Physical Damage >
14,055
181
< Magic Damage >
78
4,076
< True Damage >
3,539
21,707
< Damage Dealt >
17,673
35,233
< Damage Taken >
35,595
12,611
< Gold Earned >
11,832
1.95
< Towers >
1.37
0.2
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
14,404
< Total Healing >
16,912
14,140
< Experience >
13,371
21
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
6
236
< Time Dealing CC >
284

How to Play with Nidalee as Rek'Sai in LoL

The Rek'Sai 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, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nidalee. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nidalee helps Rek'Sai perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Rek'Sai is paired with Nidalee, he gets a very large increase in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Nidalee supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played together with Nidalee on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Nidalee. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nidalee.

Moreover, when Rek'Sai plays with Nidalee on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Nidalee does a decent job of protecting Rek'Sai during team fights.

Synergies between Rek'Sai and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rek'Sai
Nidalee

Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no ideal synergy for Rek'Sai that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Nidalee is a very bad ally for Rek'Sai. By locking into the same side as Rek'Sai, she lowers their win rate by -4.5% to 43.9%. This proves that there is a very bad synergy between Rek'Sai and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Nidalee has a much greater difficulty compared to Rek'Sai. That means you must be careful when arranging Nidalee teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.

Working alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by pairing Rek'Sai and Nidalee together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of utility. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Nidalee ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rek'Sai and Nidalee, we analyzed 41 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 Rek'Sai 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 Rek'Sai in order to work well with Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to get in your Rek'Sai and Nidalee synergy build include Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Black Cleaver. When Rek'Sai used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Nidalee than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 43.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nidalee with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 43.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Nidalee with Rek'Sai are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.