By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00

Nidalee
the Bestial Huntress
AssassinMage
League of LegendsPatch 26.16JungleRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA29,716 gamesSample data
Role snapshot (Jungle)
- 53.1%
- Win Rate
- 5.8%
- Pick Rate
- 16.5%
- Ban Rate
29,716
Games
High
Confidence
Matchup map (Jungle) — level 1–18
Conditional build matrix
| vs AP Burst | vs AD Assassins | vs Tanks | vs Sustain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / Core | ||||
| Core 2 | ||||
| Core 3 | ||||
| Boots | ||||
| Situational |
Popular build
13,669 games53.5%Win Rate
Reliable build
9,806 games52.2%Win Rate
High observed win rate
3,566 games55.6%Win Rate
Runes
Primary: Precision
Lethal Tempo
Presence of Mind
Legend: Haste
Cut Down
Secondary: Sorcery
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Shards
+9 Adaptive Force
+9 Adaptive Force
+10-180 Health (based on level)
Skill order
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Ability details

Prowl
Moving through brush increases Nidalee's Move Speed by 10% for 2 seconds, increased to 30% toward visible enemy champions within 1400 range.Hitting champions or monsters with Javelin Toss or Bushwhack triggers a Hunt, granting True Sight of them for 4 seconds. During this time, Nidalee gains 10% Move Speed (increased to 30% toward the Hunted target) and her Takedown and Pounce are enhanced against them.
Passive — never cast

Javelin Toss / Takedown
In human form, Nidalee throws a spiked javelin at her target that gains damage as it flies. As a cougar, her next attack will attempt to fatally wound her target, dealing more damage the less life they have.
Cost 50/55/60/65/70 ManaCooldown 6sRange 1500

Bushwhack / Pounce
In human form, Nidalee lays a trap for unwary opponents that, when sprung, damages and reveals its target. As a cougar, she jumps in a direction, dealing damage in an area where she lands.
Cost 30/35/40/45/50 ManaCooldown 13/12/11/10/9sRange 900

Primal Surge / Swipe
In human form, Nidalee channels the spirit of the cougar to heal her allies and imbue them with Attack Speed for a short duration. As a cougar, she claws in a direction, dealing damage to enemies in front of her.
Cost 50/55/60/65/70 ManaCooldown 12sRange 900

Aspect Of The Cougar
Nidalee transforms into a cougar, gaining new abilities.
Cost 0 ManaCooldown 3sRange 20
Scaling — level 1–18
NidaleeJungle average
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Counter plan — how to beat Nidalee
Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Punish the cooldown — Nidalee is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 8/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
ARAM performance
- 52.6%
- Win Rate ▼ 0.6%
- 7.7%
- Pick Rate ▲ 2.5%
- 1.9%
- Ban Rate ▼ 1.3%
- Damage dealt
- 103.4%
- Damage taken
- 101.8%
- Healing
- 91.8%
- Shielding
- 102.8%
- Ability Haste
- +16
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 26.16Live now+0.1
- 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.5
- 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.7
- 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.6
- 26.05Sample win rate across this patch+1.0
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Methodology
- Data window
- 512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.
