Nidalee Counters

Best picks against Nidalee

Highest win rate versus Nidalee in Jungle.

1. 1Rammus144 games59.7%
2. 2Zac177 games59.3%
3. 3Warwick200 games58.0%
4. 4Diana315 games56.8%
5. 5Fiddlesticks138 games56.5%
6. 6Rengar227 games55.5%
7. 7Shyvana257 games54.5%
8. 8Zyra114 games54.4%
9. 9Naafiri243 games54.3%
10. 10Shaco334 games53.6%
11. 11Amumu146 games53.4%
12. 12Wukong494 games53.2%
13. 13Lillia389 games53.0%
14. 14Evelynn179 games52.5%
15. 15Kayn536 games52.4%

Worst picks against Nidalee

Lowest win rate versus Nidalee in Jungle.

1. 1Olaf382 games39.8%
2. 2Karthus109 games41.3%
3. 3Kindred283 games46.3%
4. 4Zed221 games46.6%
5. 5Graves910 games46.8%
6. 6Qiyana643 games47.4%
7. 7Xin Zhao181 games47.5%
8. 8Rek'Sai109 games48.6%
9. 9Lee Sin1,645 games48.8%
10. 10Sejuani149 games49.0%

Best lane counters vs Nidalee

Largest gold lead over Nidalee at 15 minutes in Jungle.

1. 1Viego151 games+204
2. 2Lee Sin294 games+34
3. 3Nocturne142 games+27

How to play against Nidalee

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

1. Preserve HP through early Q and auto poke, then punish if she jumps into melee range.
2. Take clean recalls when low instead of greeding for one more wave.
3. Start objectives quickly when she shows across the map, before she can trade camps back.
4. Force extended fights after her poke misses; short resets favor her healing and traps.
5. 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.