
Nidalee·Top Build





Win rate | 48.1% |
Pick rate | 0.1% |
Ban rate | 2.6% |
Matches | 1 350- |

Nidalee Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 56.0% based on 141 matches
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Most Popular
56.0%

2nd Most Popular
48.8%Top Players ALL
79461325852 OTP
100%Greedalee OTP
62.5%SneuSneu OTP
57.1%runes





















spells

D

F
items
Starter Items
Time Target


@ 13 sec
Early Items


@ 4 min
Core Items



@ 21 min
Full Build






ability order
E
Q
W
Skills





situational items






Nidalee Matchups Overview
Nidalee General information
Nidalee combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Nidalee Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Nidalee Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Sudden Impact and Relentless Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Frozen Heart, Sterak's Gage and finish with Death's Dance. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 56.0% winrate over 141 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Nidalee Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Iceborn Gauntlet, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Abyssal Mask as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Riftmaker, Thornmail and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 48.8% win rate over 80 matches.
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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Nidalee runes page.

Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Nidalee Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 15.6 the best possible matchups for Nidalee Top are:
- vs. Rengar - 83.3% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Ryze - 75.0% win rate over 8 games.
- vs. Quinn - 73.7% win rate over 19 games.
- vs. Varus - 71.4% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Zac - 71.4% win rate over 7 games.
Consider picking Nidalee into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Nidalee.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Nidalee in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Wukong - 20.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Warwick - 30.8% win rate over 13 games.
- vs. Pantheon - 31.6% win rate over 19 games.
- vs. Malphite - 35.0% win rate over 20 games.
- vs. Tryndamere - 36.8% win rate over 19 games.
These champions are considered as Nidalee counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Nidalee counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.