What are the best runes for Nidalee Jungle?

Dark Harvest in Domination with Sorcery secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (48.6% win rate).

What is the best build for Nidalee?

Rush Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt and Zhonya's Hourglass. It wins 48.5% of Jungle games on patch 26.20.

Is Nidalee good on patch 26.20?

Nidalee has a 50.8% win rate in Jungle this patch, which makes it a situational pick.

Who counters Nidalee?

Amumu, Fiddlesticks, Rek'Sai are among the strongest counters to Nidalee Jungle this patch, by ranked win rate.

Nidalee build

Jungle · patch 26.20

Nidalee is currently a situational Jungle pick on patch 26.20, holding a 50.8% win rate across 46,683 games (3.1% pick rate, 2.3% ban rate). Nidalee is an early-game champion (53.7% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

50.8%

Pick

3.1%

Ban

2.3%

Games

46,683

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 48.5% win ratevs 50.8% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start51.8%+1.0

First back

Core · in order48.5%−2.3

The whole build

Boots51.0%+0.2

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

48.6% win rate

Domination

Sorcery

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min53.7%

25-30 min50.5%

30-35 min48.6%

35-40 min47.2%

40+ min49.9%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

50.4%

51.0%

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// Matchups · who beats NidaleeAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Scorchclaw Pup and Health Potion and rush Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt and Zhonya's Hourglass; this core wins 48.5% of Jungle games; Dark Harvest is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.