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Introduction
-Ap Nid
I play Nidalee a lot so I thought I might share some of builds, masteries, and runes to show you how to play Nid to her full potential!
Flash Is one of the best spells, so when choosing, keep this in
mind! It can go over almost any wall, or can be used to catch up with a
fleeing enemy.
This spell is very useful against foes that can heal, it can kill a
fleeing enemy, or can be used to win a 1v1.
This spell is used mostly by top and bot lane Nidalee. It can be used
top for easier 1v1'ing, or bot to Exhaust the enemy adc.
This can be used to get to a fleeing enemy quicker, to gank easier, to
get away from an enemy, and many other ways. It's good to pick up for
mobility purposes.
Clarity is very useful for lane, you almost never run oom, and you
basically never go back! It's also very useful in ARAM, since you cant go
back until you die it's good to pick up. But is not very commonly used, and is sometimes frowned upon.
Now, Teleport can be good for a quick gank somewhere or turn a 1v2
into a 2v2, but overall Nidalee can get to places very quickly with
her W (jump), so it's not that great of a pick.
Barrier can change a fight for Nidalee. But if you are wanting to go more offense go with Ignite.
Heal is also a great sustain spell, and life saver.
The main reason for going Javelin Toss first is to ensure your top damage potential.
Primal Surge can be used first in case you think your lane will poke you immediately and effectively so that you can heal the damage back up, or if your bruiser Nidalee and want to use fast autos for poke.
Going Bushwhack first is better if you think vision will help, such as guarding blue/red for your jungler, or for invading.
Cougar Form:
Use your Pounce after you land a spear, or after an enemy hits a trap (for the Prowl proc). It can also be used to run away, and jump over walls. Use Swipe on large crowds to do maximum damage or use it in a skrimish to do a little more damage. Use Takedown to do a hard single-target attack, or with Prowl to do more damage. It can also be used to get last hits.
When I go bruiser Nidalee I don't go for the armor pen marks because as Nid a lot of your damage is still AP, so the armor pen isn't good when stacked up a lot like on Zed. Which may make you wonder why ad Nid is good at all, it's because with her Primal Surge you are given a huge amount of attack speed, this combined with her cougar form's Q you can put out a significant amount of damage, and added with all of your AoE, it makes ad Nidalee really good.
When going ad you need to mostly stay in your cougar form, since this where most of your damage will be at. When your ad you are already tanky because of what you have to build, so most of the time you can jump freely, in and out, when you choose to. But keep in mind you need to land spears for the Prowl procs as well.
As your items your main goal is to get Seraph's Embrace, Void Staff, and Rabadon's Deathcap first. These items will help you the most, the reason why is because Rabadon's Deathcap gives a large amount of the ap, needed for your spears to do more damage, not only this but it will increase ap by 30%! Seraph's Embrace is good because as Nidalee you need the large amount of mana and mana regen, this really helps you throw out more spears and heals to your needy teammates. Not to mention the large amount of AP you get from the passive. Void Staff will really help diminish your enemies magic resist so that you can do a lot more damage.
Going for boots-
Sorcerers Boots > Everything Else
The reason why is so that you can eat right through your enemies magic resistance. It may not look like much, but it really helps!
However, if you need cool down reduction the you can get lucidity's boots.
Defense-
I think the best defensive item for Nidalee is Zhonya's Hourglass or Abyssal Mask they both give great stats, defensive and offensive. Another option is to go for Athene's Unholy Grail but is more for going against heavy magic champions, and mostly for the mana regen.
18/6/14: (ARCHIVED)
23/1/15: Redone the entirety of guide for the new Nidalee. (UN-ARCHIVED)
25/1/15: Fixed error in item order. ;3
17/2/15: Some clean up.
23/11/15: Major revamp; New masteries.
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