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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)

ATier
53.1%
Win Rate
5.8%
Pick Rate
16.5%
Ban Rate

29,716

Games

High

Confidence

Matchup map (Jungle) — level 1–18

40%60%
≥ 60%
55 – 60%
50 – 55%
45 – 50%
40 – 45%
< 40%
Nobody in this lane sits here.

Conditional build matrix

vs AP Burstvs AD Assassinsvs Tanksvs Sustain
Mythic / Core
Core 2
Core 3
Boots
Situational

Popular build

13,669 games

53.5%Win Rate

FlashIgnite

Reliable build

9,806 games

52.2%Win Rate

FlashTeleport

High observed win rate

3,566 games

55.6%Win Rate

FlashExhaust

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

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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

Win Rate

1918

Damage / Min

1918

Gold / Min

1918

Counter plan — how to beat Nidalee

  • Deny the resetit wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it

  • Dodge the primaryits rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip

  • Punish the cooldownNidalee is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flankvision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spikeRiot rates the kit 8/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

ARAM performance

S
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.

  1. 26.16Live now+0.1
  2. 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.5
  3. 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.7
  4. 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.6
  5. 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.