Nidalee Counters

How to play against Nidalee

To beat Nidalee in Jungle on patch 26.20, start by knowing what you are up against: Nidalee is a balanced pick this patch with a 52.1% win rate across 25,492 ranked games at a 4.0% pick rate. The champions that beat Nidalee hardest right now are Elise, Nocturne, Hecarim: Elise wins 51.7% of the lane against it. Any of these is a safe counter pick. Nidalee is strongest early (55.0% before 25 minutes) and falls off, so survive the early game and the matchup swings your way. Playing the matchup itself: 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. 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. Pick a counter from the list above, respect Nidalee's power spikes, and track its cooldowns so you only commit to trades when its key abilities are down. Counter data updates automatically every patch.

Pros have picked Nidalee in 3 of the last 111 recorded games (3%), winning 67% of them. See the pro build.

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