Nidalee·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Nidalee Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Summon Aery as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Magical Footwear and Biscuit Delivery in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Luden's Companion, Morellonomicon and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 54.7% winrate over 761 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Nidalee Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Dark Harvest as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Transcendence with Waterwalking in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Luden's Companion as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Stormsurge, Void Staff and Rabadon's Deathcap. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 46.7% win rate over 270 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Revitalize in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Dream Maker as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Moonstone Renewer as a third item. You want to finish the build with Redemption, Ardent Censer and Staff of Flowing Water. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 45.5% win rate across 132 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Nidalee Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm as your primary rune tree, and Magical Footwear with Future's Market as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Move Speed and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Luden's Companion as third item. The last 3 options are Archangel's Staff, Morellonomicon and Horizon Focus. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 39.8% win rate over 88 matches played.

Situational Nidalee Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Nidalee build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.