# Nidalee Counters Who counters Nidalee? Best and worst picks against Nidalee by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Nidalee in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Nidalee](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/) ## Page Content [Nidalee guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/) [Play against Nidalee](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/how-to-play-against/) [Nidalee counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nidalee/counters/) Best and worst picks against Nidalee in Jungle at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Rammus, Zac and Warwick beat Nidalee most often. Viego, Lee Sin and Nocturne win the laning phase against Nidalee by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Nidalee Highest win rate versus Nidalee in Jungle. - 1 [Rammus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rammus/) 144 games 59.7% - 2 [Zac](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zac/) 177 games 59.3% - 3 [Warwick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/warwick/) 200 games 58.0% - 4 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 315 games 56.8% - 5 [Fiddlesticks](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiddlesticks/) 138 games 56.5% - 6 [Rengar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rengar/) 227 games 55.5% - 7 [Shyvana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shyvana/) 257 games 54.5% - 8 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 114 games 54.4% - 9 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 243 games 54.3% - 10 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 334 games 53.6% - 11 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 146 games 53.4% - 12 [Wukong](https://baronbuff.com/champions/wukong/) 494 games 53.2% - 13 [Lillia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lillia/) 389 games 53.0% - 14 [Evelynn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/evelynn/) 179 games 52.5% - 15 [Kayn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayn/) 536 games 52.4% ## Worst picks against Nidalee Lowest win rate versus Nidalee in Jungle. - 1 [Olaf](https://baronbuff.com/champions/olaf/) 382 games 39.8% - 2 [Karthus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karthus/) 109 games 41.3% - 3 [Kindred](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kindred/) 283 games 46.3% - 4 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 221 games 46.6% - 5 [Graves](https://baronbuff.com/champions/graves/) 910 games 46.8% - 6 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 643 games 47.4% - 7 [Xin Zhao](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xinzhao/) 181 games 47.5% - 8 [Rek'Sai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/reksai/) 109 games 48.6% - 9 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 1,645 games 48.8% - 10 [Sejuani](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sejuani/) 149 games 49.0% ## Best lane counters vs Nidalee Largest gold lead over Nidalee at 15 minutes in Jungle. - 1 [Viego](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/) 151 games +204 - 2 [Lee Sin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/) 294 games +34 - 3 [Nocturne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nocturne/) 142 games +27 ## How to play against Nidalee Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Preserve HP through early Q and auto poke, then punish if she jumps into melee range. - Take clean recalls when low instead of greeding for one more wave. - Start objectives quickly when she shows across the map, before she can trade camps back. - Force extended fights after her poke misses; short resets favor her healing and traps. - Clear traps before sieging and approach from multiple angles to reduce Q pressure. ## Where Nidalee is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Nidalee needs poke or trap marks before committing, so grouped enemies can deny her clean cougar entries. - Her teams often lack reliable engage because Nidalee offers damage and healing without hard crowd control. ## Nidalee counters: questions ### Who counters Nidalee in Jungle? At Gold+, Rammus (59.7%), Zac (59.3%) and Warwick (58.0%) have the highest win rates against Nidalee. ### Who does Nidalee counter? Nidalee wins most often against Olaf (39.8%), Karthus (41.3%) and Kindred (46.3%). ### Who wins lane against Nidalee? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Viego (+204), Lee Sin (+34) and Nocturne (+27) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Nidalee. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Jungle Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jungle/) - [Viego counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viego/counters/) - [Lee Sin counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leesin/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)