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

How to play Nidalee

Nidalee – the Bestial Huntress – is based on our LoL Top Tier List on patch 15.12 a C-Tier Top champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Nidalee has a win rate of 43.3%, a pick rate of 0.6%, a ban rate of 1.7% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the Assassin is in a bad spot in the current meta of season 15. 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. Besides the upcoming Nidalee Top Build the position Jungle is a valid choice as well.

Pregame Build

In champion select you need to choose your Nidalee runes and summoner spells. The best Nidalee Top Runes 15.12 are Resolve as the primary path and Inspiration as the secondary path. The most supportive Nidalee keystone rune is Grasp of the Undying. Flash and Teleport 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 15.12 are Doran's Blade, Health Potion, and a Stealth Ward as the trinket. As the game progresses, the most popular Nidalee items are Trinity Force and Sundered Sky. Plated Steelcaps 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 Bushwhack / Pounce on Nidalee. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise Primal Surge / Swipe into Javelin Toss / Takedown and at last Bushwhack / Pounce. Primal Surge / Swipe 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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