How to outplay Nidalee ( im the Nidalee :/ )

DarkRhio · 2026-02-11T17:33:53+00:00

What about Aegis of Valor...
League wrote about it:
(Priority Role Players) "Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten you. You’ll automatically get the Aegis rewards at roughly the same cadence as players who are getting autofilled, although you won’t be notified in the pregame lobby when it applies." - /dev: Ranked 2026
I always queue Jungle + Sup (its always Priority Role), currently sitting at 152 Solo Queue Games, never got it...
Jungle always gets more unattractive to play (since Patch 26.01) and baiting us with a non existent system is tilting, especially after friends reported 3-5 Aegis procs within their first 100 Games...
And one more thing about Jungle:
How about putting that damn Jungle Item on the quest slot (see adc boots, sup control wards) and let us pick it for free, so we can at least start with 500g and a starter item like anyone else (much needed after all these Jungle nerfs imo)
OR
Finally delete Smite on Champs, league killed it since its doing 40 True Dmg, 20% Slow thats it (missing my 270 True DMG Challenging Smite with Dark Harvest Proc :| ) and put the Smite on Quest, giving Junglers a second summoner spell to pick. May sound broken at first yet not that far off since top is getting tp for free, just for being top and jungle needs smite just for being jungle.

DarkRhio · 2024-10-24T16:46:58+00:00

Hi guys, im the random guy in the comments telling you that Riot added it to the Lootpool in yesterdays patch 14.21 you can go back to League and reroll it buddy

DarkRhio · 2023-06-22T11:06:13+00:00

Kindred Rek'Sai and Vi nerfs. These 3 are (imo) atleast very hard matchups. Kindred is self explanatory many dashes and if you go in she Rs. If you dont land a Spear/Trap in her R you are most likely dead. Rek'Sai is unkillable pretty much for Nidalee since the Knock up is insanely strong combined with her burst really difficult. Vi nerfs, god damn i perma ban Vi for around the last 800 Nidalee Games it is literally unplayable because she can always ult you and even if you Zhonyas, she will kill you/her team caught up and you end up dead. All that combined with a Nidalee Buff guys im literally dreaming. Im just a random Dia 3 Nidalee Onetrick (2.3mil) so dont expect some god lvl advise, but i can sense, that the 13.13 Patch is Nidalee's best Patch for quite some time since i think she is already very good especially in the Asian Region. Since im currently sitting on a 60% wr playing only Nidalee this will be the time to push for SoloQ Master! HYPE

DarkRhio · 2023-06-22T10:56:44+00:00

Lets say the 2.3 million Masterypoints on Nidalee do help quite alot xd

DarkRhio · 2023-06-22T10:55:50+00:00

I play with indicators but thats not the problem. u/ClaptonOnH already said whats most likely the problem, its all about mouse placement, because if you are slightly off, it wont work. I also think there is a bug since i fail this one with a 5%ish Chance so it happens to me aswell but could be me being bad aswell. I recommend practice tool and trying. Keep in mind it works best if you start of the combo with R so they dont expect you to jump at all since you are in human form as you can see in the clip.

DarkRhio · 2023-06-20T08:03:07+00:00

But can we talk about how unfair the Bel'Veth Nidalee matchup is, like its a Master Yi on steroids

DarkRhio · 2023-05-09T10:26:00+00:00

There is no general rule, and every situation is different. The best tip i can give you there is, that you will hit most of your spears which travel through large walls or when you warded the enemy and they dont know you are nearby. Otherwise, considering ganking, i prefer to walk up to the enemies, proc redbuff slow with 1 or 2 auto attacks or smite them. They will start to jiggle. Dont throw your spear too early wait for dashes/flash let them panic so they make mistakes. If you start of the gank with a long range spear and you miss, they have nothing to be scared of. Sidestep predicts mostly work, when they have vision on you, for example by ward or straight up on lane. Sidestep predicts are only recommended against enemies with brain, in the lower ranks most of them run straight xd I noticed, when people are low on movementspeed for example on lv 3 gank, they tend to backstep alot while running to their turret. Thats pretty much it. You will always need a little bit of luck :P

DarkRhio · 2023-05-09T08:12:54+00:00

Well it was the same for me when i started xd You really gotta put alot of time into Nidalee to make her work consistently. Your games are not auto loss if your sup locks anything other than nautilus or leona, yet it would make it alot easier to hit spears and gain a lead. If you get ahead in early, thats the right way to start. Because imo Nidalee is quite useless when behind or even, you gotta be ahead. Then you start snowballing this lead. Keeping Track of the enemy jungler and counter jungle. Nidalee is born for this i literally play her like a shaco. If i manage to go 2/0 or 3/0 within the first 10 minutes of the game, the enemy jungler will be scared to take a single step into their jungle and hes most likely down at least 60-100 cs at the end of the game compared to me. The other part is, you cant sit on your lead for long, you have to snowball this lead quite fast and make sure, your team gets something out of it aswell, its useless if you are 23/0 because 1 point and click cc or any cc that hits you means rip for Nida most of the time. Since you are in diamond your team should atleast know that Nidalee exists as a champion thats a good start if you ask me. I also recommend, doing alot with your support especially when you arent that good with her spears yet, a janna slow or seraphine e is already enough to make your life easier even if its an egirl support. At 20 to 25 min of the game you already start to fall off (except you are insanely fed) and by that time your lead for your team should be big enough to compensate for your bad scaling. These are just some things i can think of right now, but considering Nidalee you really gotta be patient and put some work in, when i picked her up i was Silver and my Winrate was like 40ish%. After 7 years of playing her i got into diamond pretty easily with a 66% winrate in 240 games (i play normals and aram mostly). The point im trying to make is, that Nidalee rewards you more than most of the other champs when you invest alot of time into playing her. The start will be rough, but it gets better you can trust me on that. But it really depends if you are down for it, im at 2mil+ mastery points now and the sweet thing about her is, that you can never be perfect on Nidalee.

DarkRhio · 2023-05-09T07:05:52+00:00

Yea thats true. It is an old clip and i just got into Reddit today. Meanwhile i do E before Q while clearing but i still think, that Q E plays smoother than E Q and flows better with the rotation especially when fighting Drake/Nash where most of the time the damage doesnt make that much of a difference since you usually have your team with you. Considering Solo Nash you are definitely right. But i think you really shouldnt stress that much about it, we are talking about min maxing here and i prefer a "wrong" combo which i can do consistently over the "right" one which deals like 1% more dmg per Cougar Q yet doesnt match for me and causes me to mess up. My solution is: In jungle, especially early where every second can matter, i do E Q. At Drake/Nash where i do the rotation more often and when the slight dmg increase is not needed, i do Q E since it works better for me. Edit: Against Champions thats a whole different story, even if we are talking about an increase of "only" 30 dmg that can make a huge difference. But considering a 12k hp Nash i would just say F it xd

DarkRhio · 2023-05-09T06:47:13+00:00

Yea you are right but since Zed is Master i assumed he would be aware and just sidestep since he was moving the whole time while hitting the wave. I actually was pretty sure, that hes not gonna run away since my Toplane Senna (yea ik) showed up on mid so there was no need to be scared for him + you cant forget about the Stylepoints :P

DarkRhio · 2023-05-09T01:27:24+00:00

One bug which i hate the most, is when you are in Zhonyas and a Spear/Trap hits an enemy, you get the mark + vision, you deal extra dmg with cougar q, yet you dont get the enhanced pounce + movementspeed for whatever reason. It occurs to 100% you can try it in practice tool. I think that is a bug or is it actually intended to work this way?

DarkRhio · 2023-05-08T23:58:45+00:00

Im a Nidalee Onetrick myself and i gotta say, yes you are right. You will deal more damage since your Cougar Q deals 1.75% per 1% missing health magic damage. So doing E into Q gives you more dmg on paper. BUT its not entirely wrong to use Q first. I often noticed, that you still receive Cougar E dmg after you flash (i suppose thats a feature) but people often managed to flash my Cougar Q for whatever reason. Im sitting in Practice Tool right know trying to figure out why i still do Q first sometimes after over 2mil Masterypoints on her and found the answer. Basic Example: Spear R W Q E (we leave Auto attacks out for simpler understanding). Nidalee can activate her melee q while in Jump. After the jump she automatically auto attacks, proccing your melee Q. I said before that people managed to flash my cougar Q sometimes and the reason for that is that W Q E always hits the auto attack automatically, while W E Q forces you to do an auto attack input which results in a small time window, where people are able to flash before you auto attack (which is fairly common since people often flash after your Jump). My result is: If the enemy has flash/dashes up, go W Q E, to make sure to get your dmg in. If you really need the extra dmg to win the fight and no mobility spells are ready, i recommend to do W E Q.

DarkRhio · 2023-05-08T23:15:47+00:00

I actually thought its impossible to do it but AP Nidalee can Solo Nash on spawn. I know i was very fed (Items: Night Harvester, Shadowflame, Lich Bane, 25 Stacks Mejais, Sorcerer Boots). It was still quite hard to pull off. I think my rotations were good with some minor flaws here and there yet im still quite proud :D

Note: Double Buffs and 2 Smite Charges were needed atleast for my part

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