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 Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force 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 Luden's Companion. For your last 3 items, you should build Stormsurge, Lich Bane and finish with Morellonomicon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 52.7% winrate over 188 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Zombie Ward with Sudden Impact in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Luden's Companion, Morellonomicon and Horizon Focus. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 41.7% win rate across 60 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, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Scorch as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Tenacity and Slow Resist 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 Lich Bane, Rabadon's Deathcap and Cosmic Drive. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 62.7% win rate over 51 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.