Nidalee Build: How to play Nidalee

How to play Nidalee

Nidalee – the Bestial Huntress – is based on our LoL Tier List on patch

12.14

a -Tier

Jungle champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier,

Nidalee has a win rate of

49.2%

, a pick rate of

4.1%

, a ban rate of

2.5%

and an average KDA Ratio of

0.0

, which shows that the

Assassin is in a risky spot in the current meta of season 12. If you want to learn how to play Nidalee on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is mechanically advanced to play in LoL. This Nidalee guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Nidalee. The upcoming LoL Nidalee Jungle Build is the most popular build picked by many Pros.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your

Nidalee runes and summoner spells. The best Nidalee Jungle Runes

12.14

are

Domination as the primary path and

Sorcery as the secondary path. The most supportive

Nidalee keystone rune is

Dark Harvest.

Flash and

Smite are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Nidalee Build the most.

Item Build on Nidalee

The starter items for the best Nidalee Build on patch

12.14

are

Emberknife,

Refillable Potion, and a

Stealth Ward as the trinket. 55% of all Nidalee Probuilds include

Night Harvester as the favoured mythic item. As the game progresses, the most popular

Nidalee items are

Zhonya's Hourglass and

Night Harvester.

Sorcerer's Shoes are the most bought

Nidalee boots by Pros. This Nidalee Build will immensely increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.

Nidalee Abilities

At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability

Javelin Toss / Takedown on

Nidalee. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise

Javelin Toss / Takedown into

Primal Surge / Swipe and at last

Bushwhack / Pounce.

Javelin Toss / Takedown is a very strong ability of

Nidalee in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called

Prowl and there is no need to set it manually on a Nidalee Build.

Select one of the abilities below in order to start a clip of the ability:

Prowl

Moving through brush increases Nidalee's Move Speed by 10% for 2 seconds, increased to 30% toward visible enemy champions within 1400 range.

Hitting champions or monsters with Javelin Toss or Bushwhack triggers a Hunt, granting True Sight of them for 4 seconds. During this time, Nidalee gains 10% Move Speed (increased to 30% toward the Hunted target) and her Takedown and Pounce are enhanced against them.

Biography

Raised in the deepest jungle, Nidalee is a master tracker who can shapeshift into a ferocious cougar at will. Neither wholly woman nor beast, she viciously defends her territory from any and all trespassers, with carefully placed traps and deft spear throws. She cripples her quarry before pouncing on them in feline form—the lucky few who survive tell tales of a wild woman with razor-sharp instincts, and even sharper claws...

Read Nidalee's bio