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Nidalee Wild Rift Build — Patch 7.2e

奈德丽 · 狂野女猎手 Assassin C

✅ Patch 7.2e · stats updated 2026-09-12 · real builds of 20 top-ranked China server players captured 2026-09-11

Difficulty Damage Toughness Utility

How the strongest players on the Wild Rift China server (国服) build Nidalee: live win/pick statistics by rank bracket, the most-used item and rune sets, and the real loadouts of the top ranked Nidalee players, captured in-game.

📖 How to play Nidalee

Most-used builds on the China server (Master+)

Jungle

Core items
50.1% WR
44.32% use
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Infinity Orb
Infinity Orb
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
48% WR
18.23% use
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
Infinity Orb
Infinity Orb
53.3% WR
13.1% use
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Infinity Orb
Infinity Orb
Runes
51.4% WR
23.14% use
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact
凌弱
凌弱
Eyeball Collection
Eyeball Collection
Transcendence
Transcendence
47.5% WR
22.83% use
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact
Tyrant
Tyrant
Eyeball Collection
Eyeball Collection
Transcendence
Transcendence

Most-used items & runes · from our Top-30 screenshots

Counted on 20 real builds captured from the Chinese client, player by player. Independent from the official API above.

Items
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
95%
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
90%
Infinity Orb
Infinity Orb
85%
Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
80%
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil
60%
Void Staff
Void Staff
45%
Runes
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact
90%
Eyeball Collection
Eyeball Collection
80%
凌弱
凌弱
55%
Transcendence
Transcendence
55%
Absolute Focus
Absolute Focus
30%
Tyrant
Tyrant
20%

Top 29 ranked players — real in-game builds📅 updated 2026-09-11

Taken from the official in-game China leaderboard. Spells, runes and items of every public top player.

20 of the top 29 players have a public match history; the others keep theirs private.

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Who counters Nidalee — hardest matchups & how to play them

The toughest lane matchups for Nidalee on the Wild Rift China server, with why each is hard and exactly how to play it.

RammusNidalee vs Rammus Unfavorable

Why Rammus counters Nidalee: Armor against your cougar burst and taunt on your Pounce: only the spear speaks to him, and only from afar.

How to play Nidalee into Rammus: Human-form poke and zero dives onto him. Counter-gank with spears: your rotation timing beats his rolling.

→ Rammus
WarwickNidalee vs Warwick Unfavorable

Why Warwick counters Nidalee: His sustain repairs your spears and your glass frame cannot hold a duel: he hunts you through your own jungle.

How to play Nidalee into Warwick: Spear, trap and pounce ONLY from ahead: never even trades. Your heal carries the team: play as a half-support.

→ Warwick
Lee SinNidalee vs Lee Sin Skill matchup

Why Lee Sin counters Nidalee: The most technical duel in the jungle: his kicks against your spears from the dark. Whoever lands first hunts the other.

How to play Nidalee into Lee Sin: Throw the spear BEFORE showing yourself, always. On a marked target, pounce without mercy; on a wasted spear, vanish.

→ Lee Sin
ViNidalee vs Vi Skill matchup

Why Vi counters Nidalee: Her R punishes your glass frame through any kiting: one connection and the cougar becomes a rug.

How to play Nidalee into Vi: Deep vision and spears along her gank path. Once her R is spent you have 80 seconds as queen: use them.

→ Vi
KindredNidalee vs Kindred Skill matchup

Why Kindred counters Nidalee: Two fragile kiters: your spears from fog against her patterned hops. Her R, though, saves whoever you are executing.

How to play Nidalee into Kindred: Spears from unwarded angles and traps on her marks: you already know where she is going. Execute targets OUTSIDE the R zone.

→ Kindred

Who to play with Nidalee — best team synergies

The champions Nidalee works best alongside on the Wild Rift China server, lane by lane, with the reason each pairing works.

Best Baron partners for Nidalee

Nidalee + Malphite Best pairing

A dodged Javelin Toss (Q) leaves you with no ranged answer until it comes back. Unstoppable Force (R) knocks up the whole group and holds it still and bunched: from there a max-distance spear cannot miss, and Aspect Of The Cougar (R) closes it out.

Nidalee + Ornn Strong

Brittle from Bellows Breath (W) stretches every crowd control by 30%, and your spear needs exactly that extra half second to arrive from max distance. Call of the Forge God (R) meanwhile knocks up several champions at the same time.

Nidalee + Singed Strong

Fling (E) into Mega Adhesive (W) nails a champion to the spot: you stop leading the throw and simply spear them from max distance. And the glue stops them dashing out of your Bushwhack (W) traps.

Nidalee + Shen Strong

You are among the squishiest champions in the game with no defensive cooldown of your own: Stand United (R) shields you from across the map exactly as they catch you, and Shadow Dash (E) taunts whoever pinned you down in Cougar form.

Nidalee + Gnar Situational

As Mega, Crunch (E) gathers them and Wallop (W) stuns the group: still targets standing close together are exactly the picture your spear wants. But Rage Gene (P) picks the moment for him, so you cannot plan an engage around it.

Best Mid partners for Nidalee

Nidalee + Lissandra Best pairing

Ring of Frost (W) roots and Frozen Tomb (R) stuns on top of the root: nearly three motionless seconds. That is the window where Javelin Toss (Q) flies its full distance for all 225 magic damage and Aspect Of The Cougar (R) comes in to finish.

Nidalee + Galio Strong

You have no defensive cooldown at all: any hard engage that reaches you deletes you. Hero's Entrance (R) lands on you from across the map with a shield and an area knock-up, and gives you back the time to shift into human form and leave.

Nidalee + Twisted Fate Strong

You flank and you live in the brush thanks to Prowl (P): Destiny (R) reveals their entire team, so you know where to place Bushwhack (W) and when it is actually safe to commit. The Gold Card from Pick a Card (W) stuns 1.25 seconds for your spear.

Nidalee + Annie Strong

With Pyromania (P) charged any of her spells stuns for a second, and Summon: Tibbers (R) does it to the whole group. Two sources of magic burst on the same pinned target: whatever your spear does not finish, she does.

Nidalee + Zoe Situational

Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E) puts a target to sleep from range, and whatever hits a sleeping target adds up to 40 true damage: a full-distance spear on a sleeper is your single biggest hit. It does need two slow skillshots to land back to back.

Best Duo (ADC) partners for Nidalee

Nidalee + Ashe Best pairing

Frost Shot (P) slows on every single hit, and a slowed target cannot step out of your spear's line. Enchanted Crystal Arrow (R) opens the fight with a stun of up to 3.5 seconds: you throw from max distance, then shift into Cougar form.

Nidalee + Varus Strong

Chain of Corruption (R) roots the first target and spreads to those beside them: it leaves you a frozen cluster, and that is when a full-distance Javelin Toss (Q) is worth double and your Bushwhack (W) traps work under their feet.

Nidalee + Jhin Strong

Deadly Flourish (W) turns into a root on anyone who has just taken damage from an ally: your spear switches it on by itself, even from outside their range. Then Curtain Call (R) executes whoever you left at half health.

Nidalee + Vayne Situational

Condemn (E) slams a champion into terrain and stuns them: in the jungle and around the pits walls are everywhere, and that is where you spend your game. It depends on the terrain, though - in the open it stays just a shove.

Best Support partners for Nidalee

Nidalee + Morgana Best pairing

Dark Binding (Q) is a full two-second root: that is the max-distance Javelin Toss (Q) you cannot miss. And Black Shield (E) blocks the crowd control that pins you down, which is the only thing that really kills you.

Nidalee + Zyra Strong

Grasping Roots (E) roots from range and Stranglethorns (R) knocks up whoever is still standing there two seconds later: two different ways of handing you a motionless target. And her garden covers the same chokepoints you mine with Bushwhack (W).

Nidalee + Thresh Strong

Death Sentence (Q) rips a carry out of the front line and holds them for 1.5 seconds: the isolated target Aspect Of The Cougar (R) wants. And the Dark Passage (W) lantern is the escape you lack when Pounce (W) leaves you in the middle of them.

Nidalee + Nami Strong

Aqua Prison (Q) knocks up and Tidal Wave (R) chains a second knock-up before the first one ends: the target stays airborne long enough to eat the full-distance spear and then Takedown (Q) in Cougar form.

Nidalee + Leona Situational

Zenith Blade (E), Shield of Daybreak (Q) and Solar Flare (R) are the longest single-target lockdown chain there is: it hands you the time to throw and then to jump in. She commits first, though, and you would rather have poked half their health off already.

Stats by rank bracket & lane

Diamond+
LaneTierWin%Pick%Ban%Pos.
JungleC48.66%2.26%5.22%#35 / 40
Master+
LaneTierWin%Pick%Ban%Pos.
JungleC48.88%2.24%5.69%#35 / 40
Challenger
LaneTierWin%Pick%Ban%Pos.
JungleB49.84%2.36%8.8%#25 / 42
Sovereign
LaneTierWin%Pick%Ban%Pos.
JungleA53.9%2.63%19.89%#13 / 41

Abilities (original CN names)

Prowl
Passive
Prowl
寻觅
Javelin Toss / Takedown
Q
Javelin Toss / Takedown
标枪投掷
Bushwhack / Pounce
W
Bushwhack / Pounce
丛林伏击
Primal Surge / Swipe
E
Primal Surge / Swipe
野性奔腾
Aspect Of The Cougar
R
Aspect Of The Cougar
美洲狮形态

How to play Nidalee — Wild Rift guide, combos & tips

Nidalee, the Wild Huntress, is a shapeshifting jungle Assassin in Wild Rift who fights in two completely different modes: a ranged human form built around magic poke and hidden traps, and a mobile melee Cougar form built for finishing kills. Nearly all of her damage is magic, delivered from a distance with skillshot spears before she closes in for the kill. She rewards precise aim and good timing with some of the highest burst and map pressure in the jungle, but punishes any misstep with very little health to fall back on.

Strengths

  • Javelin Toss (Q) hits harder the farther it flies — up to 225 magic damage — letting her poke or snipe targets from well outside their effective range.
  • Bushwhack (W) traps last a full 2 minutes with up to 4 active at once, giving her near-permanent vision and free damage across jungle chokepoints and river bushes.
  • Prowl (Passive) grants bonus move speed in brush and toward Hunted targets, making her one of the slipperiest champions in the jungle for roams, ganks, and repositioning.
  • Aspect of the Cougar (R) starts the match already at rank 1 and keeps refreshing its cooldown whenever she lands a Hunted mark, letting her flip between ranged and melee forms far more often than a normal ultimate would allow.

Weaknesses

  • Extremely low base survivability — she's rated among the squishiest champions in the game, and a single clean burst combo from the enemy can delete her instantly.
  • Her human-form damage tools are a skillshot and a placed trap: a dodged Javelin Toss or an avoided Bushwhack leaves her with no ranged answer until they're back up.
  • Tanky, armored duelists like Rammus shrug off her magic burst and punish an all-in with hard crowd control, since she has no reliable escape once she's locked down.
  • She has no hard defensive cooldown of her own, so anything that closes the gap through her kiting — a hard-engage ultimate, for example — can burst her down before she gets to react.

Combos

  • Bushwhack (W) → Javelin Toss (Q) → Aspect of the Cougar (R): drop a trap where the fight is likely to happen, poke from max Q range to soften the target and land a Hunted mark, then shapeshift in to finish the kill in melee.
  • Javelin Toss (Q) from max range → Aspect of the Cougar (R): whittle the target down with a full-distance spear first, then close the gap in Cougar form to finish what the poke started.
  • Primal Surge (E) on self → camp or duel: cast it on yourself before or mid-fight to heal off incoming damage and gain attack speed for a faster jungle clear or a won skirmish.
  • Hunted mark (Q or W) → R refresh → shapeshift again: tagging a target refreshes Aspect of the Cougar's cooldown, so chaining hits onto the same enemy lets you flip forms repeatedly within one extended fight.

Skill order: Q > W > E (level R whenever it's available)

Early game

Nidalee is one of the only champions who starts the match with her ultimate already at rank 1, so Aspect of the Cougar is ready for jungle clears and early skirmishes from the first minute. Spend this phase poking with max-range Javelin Tosses instead of trading in melee, and drop Bushwhack traps in river bushes and chokepoints for free vision and chip damage. Use Primal Surge on yourself between camps to heal up and clear faster, and only commit to Cougar form once you already have a Hunted mark down or a clean kill window — she has very little way to fight her way back out if it goes wrong.

Mid & late game — teamfighting

In teamfights, play Nidalee as a flanker rather than a front-liner: pre-place Bushwhack traps on likely engage paths and poke the backline with Javelin Toss to force cooldowns or land a Hunted mark before you ever commit. Save Aspect of the Cougar for a clean, isolated target — she carries too little health to dive the front line and survive the return damage. If the fight goes wrong and you don't have a kill lined up, shifting back to human form restores her ranged attacks, which can help her disengage instead of getting chained down in melee.

Pro tips

  • Throw Javelin Toss from as far away as possible, or step back as you cast — the damage scales with travel distance, so a full-range spear can hit for well over double a point-blank toss.
  • Place Bushwhack traps proactively in bushes, chokepoints, and camp entrances before a fight starts rather than during one — with a 2-minute duration and up to 4 traps live at once, you can blanket an entire side of the jungle.
  • Build around her all-in burst — Lich Bane and Rabadon's Deathcap turn a landed combo into a kill — but don't skip Zhonya's Hourglass; with so little base survivability, buying a few seconds of safety right after you commit is often what turns a good engage into a clean one.