Tempo predator build: Nidalee does not only win by killing, but by forcing the enemy to play the map under constant threat of spear, invade, or very fast collapse. The build must therefore protect that initiative before the simple one-shot.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,200 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Defensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,000 total cost +800gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
14,500 total cost +300g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
The core build works because it matches Nidalee’s exact logic: she does not want messy fights played purely in melee range.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
his assassinations furtifs via Prowl accumulent Dark Harvest to a one-shot growing.
Pounce (forme cougar) dash triggers penetration on impact on the target wounded.
Every spear-pick kill stacks adaptive force — the next Q crosses the one-shot threshold.
Each kill gank boosts his AP to the javelins Q always more devastating.
