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Choose Champion Build:
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Higher Burst, Less Poke
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More Poke, Less Burst
Recommended Items
Spells:
Teleport
Flash
Items
Ability Order
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Nidalee Passive Ability
Introduction
So. Why AD Nidalee, you may ask.
Well. With the new rework to Nidalee, AD Nidalee has become much more of a viable pick, and a lot stronger due to her hunt mechanic. You can bully in lane with autos, and finish off with a Spear, Pounce, and Takedown.








Alternative Spells










There are many different choices for Runes on
Nidalee, but these are some that I like and alternative ones that you can use, depending on what you like.
Greater Mark of Attack Damage Helps you with early power and trade damage, and helps you farm easier. Not much else to say here.
Greater Seal of Armor Helps against most top lane bruisers, so that you aren't TOO squishy.
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist If the enemy team has AP, then this helps you with it. I brought Scaling, because I don't pick Nidalee into AP top laners, and if I need to deal with them, they're usually later into the game where this Glyph starts to shine.
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage Again, same with
Greater Mark of Attack Damage.
Alternative Runes
Greater Quintessence of Life Steal I would run two of these and one
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage, but since the nerf of these, they aren't as great. Still helps with early sustain along with the buffed
Doran's Blade.
Greater Seal of Mana Regeneration /
Greater Seal of Scaling Mana Regeneration If you find that you can't manage your mana in lane, then this can be great for that mana sustain.






Alternative Runes





I like to max my
Takedown/
Javelin Toss first, because of the extra early all-in damage with a full hunt combo, with
Javelin Toss/ Bushwack, into
Pounce, into
Takedown. But many others like to max
Primal Surge/
Swipe first, to provide more in lane sustain. Take your pick.







During laning phase, AD
Nidalee excels in harassing and farming in lane. When the opponent champion comes up to farm, attack them a few times to bring down their health, but always only do this between killing minions, to prevent missing farm. If you need, you can transform into Cougar form to use
Takedown to cancel your autos, to farm more effeciently. Only do this if you're sure your opponent will not punish you for doing this. If the opposing top laner does not have a stun (
Pantheon,
Jax,
Irelia etc), and are below 50% health, you can begin to harass them out of lane or even kill them by landing a
Javelin Toss, and following up in Cougar Form with
Pounce and
Takedown. Once you have your Tiamat, use Cleave (Tiamat/Ravenous active), right after you takedown.








The new Nidalee excels in fighting enemies one on one, so cleaning up teamfights or picking off priority targets is great, but makes it hard to get out safely. Instead, I like to split push with her. With a
Tiamat/
Ravenous Hydra and
Teleport, you can quickly push down minion waves in Cougar Form, and shove down turrets with your
Primal Surge. If an enemy comes down to stop you, you can either kill him or get away quickly with your innate mobility with
Pounce. Only use
Teleport if the minion wave is pushed up to their/your turret, and you're sure you can destroy/defend it without your team getting engaged on 4v5. Save your
Teleport to rejoin the fight, instead.








This item is great for






This item is great for an offensive Nidalee build. It provides AD for Nidalee's scalings, AP for some more heal power and spear damage, movement speed for chasing and escaping. Most importantly, the Spellblade passive works wonders with your



This the safer version of the Trinity Force buy. The AoE slow makes it work very well with the more ranged build with


This combined with






Possibly the easiest match-up. He can't really do anything to trade with you if you don't chase him in his




Overall, I've had a lot of success in this match up. Try to harass him when he comes up to farm, especially early (Levels 1-3). If he decides to rush a










This lane can be hard, but you have to gain the advantage early. Once he gets a






This can be a hard match up, if you let him harass you. He out-sustains you, as he can trade, heal without mana, and







This matchup can go either way, easily. It really depends on who gets the advantage early, and who plays smarter. Skill match-up, if you will. Try not to let him get close enough to harass you with









This matchup can be really difficult, you have to gain an advantage before level 6. His









This match-up is hard, I have to say as a Riven main. If you let her go on you at level 1, she's able to out-trade you. Try to just farm, and not let her get in range to









-If you throw an auto in human form, and switch to cougar before it hits, Ravenous's Passive will still proc, creating an AoE ranged attack. I can see where this may be useful, but it's really just gimmick. If any of you get a ranged AoE double or something, good on you.
-Be careful, old Nidalee players, because the new pounce follows your cursor. This can make leaping over walls or making flashy dodges easier, but you may forget and accidentally jump the wrong way. Oops, done it before.
-If you're pushing a tower, you can heal yourself in Human, and switch to cougar, so you can have the attack speed buff and still be able to
Takedown the turret to get the extra damage. Yay, extra tower pushing damage.
-Be careful, old Nidalee players, because the new pounce follows your cursor. This can make leaping over walls or making flashy dodges easier, but you may forget and accidentally jump the wrong way. Oops, done it before.
-If you're pushing a tower, you can heal yourself in Human, and switch to cougar, so you can have the attack speed buff and still be able to

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