Nidalee Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 25.09
Nidalee The Bestial Huntress
Find the best Nidalee build guides for League of Legends S16 Patch 25.09. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Nidalee build for the S16 meta. Learn more about Nidalee's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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Nidalee Solo top (Fear the Spear)
Nidalee Solo top (Fear the Spear)
Nuclear spear Nidalee
Nidalee solo top
AD Nidalee OP Build
Nidalee Poke to Death
Nidalee: The Cougar kills
AD/ARP Nidalee ( Patch: Ahri ) RANKED GUIDE
Nidalee - AP stands for Awesomely Powerful!
Nidalee - Full AP = Win
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GrizzyBunny's Ultimate Pubstomp Nidalee
The Ways to AP Nidalee
Nidalee in Solotop (WIP)
Nidalee; A Littie Bit of Everything
Claw AND Spear - The Best Hybrid Nidalee! *Updated*
Support Nid - Primal Efficiency [In Progress]
Top Nidalee too stronk
Ad Nidalee Bruiser
Nidalee Agressive Support [grr'maou :3]
AP NIDALEE MID/ SOLO TOP
Hybrid Nid (If AP isnt cutting it) "Cat and Mouse"
Nidalee Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Nidalee we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Nidalee, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Nidalee this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 25.09. However, if you are a new Nidalee player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Nidalee!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Nidalee's Runes
47%
Win Rate 48% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
46%
Win Rate 41% Pickrate
Third Best
53%
Win Rate 6% Pickrate
Nidalee's Summoner Spells
47%
Win Rate 72% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Nidalee's Starters
47%
Win Rate 59% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Nidalee's Core Items
54%
Win Rate 6% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Nidalee's Luxury Items
Nidalee's Ability Order
46%
Win Rate 62% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
45%
Win Rate 16% Pickrate
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
50%
Win Rate 8% Pickrate
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Nidalee's Runes
43%
Win Rate 72% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
42%
Win Rate 17% Pickrate
Third Best
42%
Win Rate 4% Pickrate
Nidalee's Summoner Spells
42%
Win Rate 72% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Nidalee's Starters
43%
Win Rate 93% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Nidalee's Core Items
47%
Win Rate 17% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Nidalee's Luxury Items
Nidalee's Ability Order
44%
Win Rate 28% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
38%
Win Rate 8% Pickrate
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
39%
Win Rate 5% Pickrate
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Nidalee's Runes
49%
Win Rate 40% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
47%
Win Rate 21% Pickrate
Third Best
42%
Win Rate 14% Pickrate
Nidalee's Summoner Spells
48%
Win Rate 48% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Nidalee's Starters
47%
Win Rate 61% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Nidalee's Core Items
39%
Win Rate 4% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Boots
Nidalee's Luxury Items
Nidalee's Ability Order
51%
Win Rate 25% Pickrate
- 1
- 2
- 3
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
36%
Win Rate 10% Pickrate
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
41%
Win Rate 9% Pickrate
Prowl (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Nidalee Counters
Learn Nidalee's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Nidalee guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Nidalee JUNGLE in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Nidalee. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.
Best Against Nidalee
Worst Against Nidalee
Nidalee Skins
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Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Nidalee's Abilities
Damaging champions or neutral monsters with Javelin Toss or Bushwhack marks them as 'Hunted' for 4 seconds, granting Nidalee vision of them, 30% increased movement speed toward them (within a range of 1400) and enhancing her next Takedown, Pounce, and Swipe against them. Also grants 10% movement speed to other directions.
Cougar: Nidalee's next attack deals a minimum of 4 / 20 / 50 / 90 (+36% of ability power) (+0.75 per attack damage) magic damage and she gains +75 range when using this attack. Takedown's damage to enemies is increased by 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75% for every 1% of the target's missing health.
If the enemy is Hunted, Takedown deals 30% increased damage.
Cougar: Nidalee lunges forward dealing 55 / 100 / 145 / 190 (+30% of ability power) (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) magic damage. If the enemy that Nidalee is directly jumping towards to is Hunted, Pounce will have 750 range and the cooldown of the ability will be reduced by 40 / 50 / 60 / 70%. Killing a unit in cougar form will also reduce Pounce's cooldown by 40 / 50 / 60 / 70%.
Cougar: Nidalee claws at enemies in a cone in the direction of mouse, dealing 70 / 130 / 190 / 250 (+40% of ability power) (+0.7 per bonus attack damage) magic damage to the enemies.
Nidalee transforms into a vicious cougar, gaining a new set of abilities.
If the enemy is Hunted, Takedown deals 30% increased damage.
Questions About Nidalee
Latest Questions
Champion Pool on Jungle
So I want my Champion pool to be Kindred Shaco Nidalee and Rengar. I know these are some of the most difficult champs on jgl but I want to master them for real, Now the problem is I don’t know if this Pool has got everything covered like is the...
New skins. Will they be cheaper?
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Ardent on...
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ad nidalee
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Nidalee: The most Brokeen Champ in the game.
Anyone else agree with me? I saw her 1 shot my ADC full health with a Spear. Either Rito needs to fix her and stop doing other stuff or more and more people are going to play this broken champ. (I salty right now because I just played against a...
On which champs/cases is athene's better than morellonomicon
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Why did Nidalee become a jungler?
So i know that the recent patch let nidalee hunt monsters and i could see how that would be useful for her in the jungle but is there anything specific that made tons of people start trying her in jungle? Is it just because she can now get...
Nidalee's best skin?
after playing nidalee jungle i decided to buy a nid skin. but which one should i get? which skin looks best in game to you guys?
Specific support's first gold income item?
As in support [[Nidalee]], I've been torn between [[spellthief's edge]] and [[ancient coin]]. Her [[javelin toss]] will hurt a lot with edge, but they are also unreliable. (I know she's getting a rework soon but it's nice to know.) For...
Iceborn Gauntlet or Tri Force on Bruiser Nidalee Top?
I have been playing a lot of Nidalee Bruiser top lane recently, and when I watch pro players play Nidalee top, the majority of the time they go [[Iceborn Gauntlet]], even if the enemy team is not mostly attack damage. Why is [[Iceborn Gauntlet]]...
Nidalee; AD or AP?
I'm looking into learning [[Nidalee]] for top lane. I'm curious as to which is better for top, AD or AP, and also what builds and masteries are optimal. Some of the most successful [[Nidalee]]'s I've seen actually run somewhat Bulky AP with Frozen...
