Nidalee Build: How to play Nidalee (Step by Step Guide)

How to play Nidalee

Nidalee – the Bestial Huntress – is based on our LoL Jungle Tier List on patch 14.23 a B-Tier Jungle champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Nidalee has a win rate of 49%, a pick rate of 4.4%, a ban rate of 2.8% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Assassin is in a moderate spot in the current meta of season 14. 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 14.23 are Precision as the primary path and Sorcery as the secondary path. The most supportive Nidalee keystone rune is Conqueror. 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 14.23 are Scorchclaw Pup, Health Potion, and a Stealth Ward as the trinket. As the game progresses, the most popular Nidalee items are Liandry's Torment and Zhonya's Hourglass. 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 wilderness, Nidalee is a master tracker who can shapeshift into a ferocious pakaa jungle cat 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...

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