Katarinavs Nidalee
Katarina vs Nidalee is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.10. Nidalee wins with a 66.7% win rate (+33.3%) over Katarina based on 6 games. Nidalee holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Katarina build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Katarina vs Nidalee matchup.
Katarina Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Katarina performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Nidalee(33.3%)Who Wins the Katarina vs Nidalee Matchup?
Katarina vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
The Katarina vs Nidalee matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 6 recent matches analyzed, Nidalee wins with a 66.7% win rate compared to Katarina's 33.3%, giving Nidalee a 33.3 percentage point advantage. Nidalee dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Katarina players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Katarina leads by 0.1s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Nidalee has a strong advantage in this matchup. Katarina players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Nidalee overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Katarina vs Nidalee Laning Phase Breakdown
Katarina is favored during the laning phase against Nidalee, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Katarina holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Katarina Build Against Nidalee
Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Nidalee, providing the mobility and stats Katarina needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Katarina against Nidalee are Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass and Lich Bane. This combination gives Katarina an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 2 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Nidalee. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Katarina vs Nidalee matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Katarina33.3%Nidalee66.7%Katarina33.3%Nidalee66.7%Nidalee dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 66.7% win rate — a 33.3 percentage point lead over Katarina. This lopsided early game means Nidalee can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Nidalee is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 66.7% win rate — 33.3 points above Katarina. Extended games heavily favor Nidalee, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Nidalee holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Katarina players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Katarina Runes Against Nidalee
Domination
Precision
The Domination and Precision rune setup gives Katarina the best tools to compete against Nidalee in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Katarina matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.10. The table below shows Katarina's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Katarina build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.79% | 303 | 6.1 | 944 | 12,683 | 56.4% | 53.5% | |
| 47.19% | 231 | 6.0 | 890 | 12,518 | 46.3% | 47.8% | |
| 45.65% | 230 | 5.8 | 835 | 11,393 | 42.6% | 48.7% | |
| 49.29% | 211 | 5.8 | 926 | 12,917 | 43.5% | 53.2% | |
| 51.96% | 204 | 5.7 | 909 | 11,747 | 46.2% | 56.8% | |
| 50.75% | 199 | 6.0 | 939 | 12,341 | 55.7% | 46.9% | |
| 47.18% | 195 | 5.8 | 879 | 11,575 | 53.1% | 41.4% | |
| 46.67% | 180 | 6.0 | 962 | 12,269 | 51.6% | 41.4% | |
| 56.36% | 165 | 6.0 | 931 | 13,105 | 60.3% | 53.6% | |
| 47.83% | 161 | 6.0 | 891 | 12,253 | 47.4% | 48.2% | |
| 43.48% | 161 | 6.0 | 799 | 11,116 | 39.4% | 46.7% | |
| 52.55% | 137 | 5.8 | 1,019 | 12,556 | 46.9% | 57.5% | |
| 54.48% | 134 | 5.6 | 891 | 11,760 | 53.3% | 55.4% | |
| 43.51% | 131 | 5.6 | 840 | 11,524 | 46.9% | 40.3% | |
| 52.71% | 129 | 5.7 | 888 | 12,288 | 56.4% | 50.0% | |
| 48.67% | 113 | 5.8 | 1,022 | 11,867 | 51.0% | 46.9% | |
| 50.44% | 113 | 5.6 | 839 | 12,065 | 46.0% | 54.0% | |
| 55.56% | 108 | 5.7 | 990 | 12,577 | 58.7% | 53.2% | |
| 52.83% | 106 | 6.0 | 858 | 11,929 | 59.1% | 48.4% | |
| 47.00% | 100 | 6.0 | 997 | 12,561 | 47.6% | 46.5% | |
| 48.45% | 97 | 5.7 | 859 | 12,312 | 48.8% | 48.2% | |
| 49.45% | 91 | 5.7 | 859 | 11,723 | 46.3% | 52.0% | |
| 40.66% | 91 | 6.0 | 931 | 12,079 | 33.3% | 47.8% | |
| 40.23% | 87 | 5.8 | 953 | 13,057 | 32.1% | 44.1% | |
| 56.98% | 86 | 5.9 | 930 | 11,372 | 61.9% | 52.3% | |
| 45.88% | 85 | 6.3 | 916 | 11,620 | 48.7% | 43.5% | |
| 37.18% | 78 | 6.0 | 914 | 12,479 | 44.8% | 32.6% | |
| 57.14% | 77 | 6.4 | 958 | 12,998 | 67.6% | 47.5% | |
| 53.42% | 73 | 5.9 | 992 | 12,772 | 64.7% | 43.6% | |
| 54.93% | 71 | 5.9 | 1,028 | 13,180 | 57.7% | 53.3% | |
| 49.28% | 69 | 5.6 | 960 | 12,880 | 43.3% | 53.9% | |
| 47.62% | 63 | 5.6 | 888 | 11,067 | 41.9% | 53.1% | |
| 51.61% | 62 | 5.7 | 930 | 12,747 | 54.5% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 62 | 5.9 | 871 | 11,530 | 54.5% | 44.8% | |
| 49.15% | 59 | 6.1 | 932 | 12,771 | 47.8% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 58 | 5.7 | 1,020 | 13,133 | 55.0% | 47.4% | |
| 46.43% | 56 | 6.0 | 1,015 | 13,138 | 50.0% | 44.1% | |
| 52.00% | 50 | 5.7 | 898 | 12,084 | 60.9% | 44.4% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 6.1 | 905 | 12,323 | 66.7% | 36.8% | |
| 43.59% | 39 | 6.0 | 953 | 11,828 | 63.2% | 25.0% | |
| 52.63% | 38 | 6.1 | 897 | 12,336 | 62.5% | 45.5% | |
| 35.14% | 37 | 5.7 | 858 | 11,361 | 21.4% | 43.5% | |
| 60.00% | 35 | 6.2 | 968 | 13,988 | 58.3% | 60.9% | |
| 58.82% | 34 | 5.8 | 1,147 | 13,954 | 50.0% | 62.5% | |
| 44.12% | 34 | 5.6 | 907 | 11,552 | 50.0% | 40.9% | |
| 51.61% | 31 | 5.7 | 823 | 11,772 | 69.2% | 38.9% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 5.6 | 871 | 13,595 | 87.5% | 40.9% | |
| 37.93% | 29 | 5.9 | 897 | 12,407 | 50.0% | 29.4% | |
| 46.43% | 28 | 6.2 | 908 | 10,625 | 46.7% | 46.1% | |
| 71.43% | 28 | 6.0 | 1,230 | 13,322 | 69.2% | 73.3% | |
| 70.37% | 27 | 5.8 | 1,092 | 14,564 | 81.8% | 62.5% | |
| 46.15% | 26 | 5.4 | 855 | 11,306 | 42.9% | 50.0% | |
| 48.00% | 25 | 5.5 | 886 | 11,316 | 50.0% | 45.5% | |
| 70.83% | 24 | 6.2 | 1,155 | 14,303 | 80.0% | 64.3% | |
| 45.83% | 24 | 5.5 | 707 | 11,401 | 54.5% | 38.5% | |
| 50.00% | 24 | 6.0 | 1,107 | 13,931 | 58.3% | 41.7% | |
| 65.22% | 23 | 6.2 | 1,033 | 14,740 | 69.2% | 60.0% | |
| 56.52% | 23 | 5.7 | 926 | 13,973 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 45.45% | 22 | 5.8 | 933 | 11,575 | 46.1% | 44.4% | |
| 59.09% | 22 | 6.2 | 1,012 | 13,843 | 63.6% | 54.5% | |
| 27.27% | 22 | 6.0 | 943 | 12,764 | 66.7% | 12.5% | |
| 63.16% | 19 | 5.9 | 1,123 | 13,702 | 45.5% | 87.5% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 6.1 | 1,027 | 11,096 | 44.4% | 55.6% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 5.6 | 850 | 14,106 | 100.0% | 27.3% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 5.9 | 871 | 12,049 | 44.4% | 66.7% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 6.0 | 794 | 10,314 | 37.5% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 6.1 | 906 | 13,262 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 5.7 | 913 | 11,239 | 71.4% | 33.3% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 6.0 | 844 | 11,964 | 50.0% | 57.1% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 6.3 | 950 | 12,848 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 8.33% | 12 | 5.1 | 591 | 11,410 | 0.0% | 11.1% | |
| 66.67% | 12 | 5.6 | 1,040 | 13,034 | 80.0% | 57.1% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 5.8 | 838 | 13,997 | 50.0% | 37.5% | |
| 25.00% | 12 | 5.3 | 690 | 10,691 | 33.3% | 16.7% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.1 | 827 | 11,201 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 5.5 | 1,100 | 14,057 | 50.0% | 57.1% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 5.8 | 1,004 | 13,811 | 50.0% | 83.3% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 5.7 | 890 | 11,573 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 10 | 6.6 | 1,016 | 15,794 | 50.0% | 62.5% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 5.1 | 667 | 11,400 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 7.0 | 927 | 12,329 | 80.0% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 6.0 | 1,084 | 16,038 | 50.0% | 71.4% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 6.2 | 874 | 12,493 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 5.4 | 822 | 8,493 | 60.0% | 33.3% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 5.5 | 890 | 12,620 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 6.0 | 792 | 9,020 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 6.2 | 924 | 10,243 | 40.0% | 66.7% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 5.1 | 1,159 | 16,684 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 5.9 | 849 | 12,217 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 14.29% | 7 | 6.3 | 975 | 10,261 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.6 | 825 | 10,361 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 5.0 | 857 | 12,171 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.2 | 1,112 | 11,552 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 85.71% | 7 | 6.4 | 920 | 12,504 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 6.2 | 1,234 | 11,895 | 75.0% | 66.7% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.0 | 860 | 13,436 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.2 | 1,115 | 11,047 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.7 | 901 | 10,733 | 40.0% | 100.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 5.5 | 882 | 12,081 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 5.7 | 1,247 | 15,576 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 4.5 | 927 | 11,075 | 75.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.4 | 1,018 | 12,600 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.7 | 927 | 11,492 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 4.9 | 742 | 13,053 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.8 | 795 | 10,245 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.0 | 918 | 9,357 | 60.0% | 0.0% | |
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Katarina vs Nidalee - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Katarina do against Nidalee in League of Legends?
Nidalee wins the Katarina vs Nidalee matchup with a 66.7% win rate compared to Katarina's 33.3%, a 33.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 6 recent ranked games in patch 26.10.
How does Katarina do against Nidalee in the early game?
In the early game, Nidalee has the advantage against Katarina with a 66.7% win rate versus 33.3%. Nidalee players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Katarina do against Nidalee in the late game?
In the late game, Nidalee takes over the Katarina vs Nidalee matchup with a 66.7% win rate compared to 33.3%. Nidalee scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Katarina vs Nidalee matchup?
Nidalee wins the matchup against Katarina with a 66.7% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.10. The 33.3 percentage point advantage means Nidalee is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 6 games analyzed.
What is the best Katarina build against Nidalee?
The best Katarina build against Nidalee includes Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, Lich Bane with Spellslinger's Shoes. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Katarina runes against Nidalee?
The best Katarina runes against Nidalee use the Domination primary tree with Precision secondary. This rune setup achieves a 66.7% win rate in the Katarina vs Nidalee matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Katarina counter Nidalee?
No, Katarina struggles against Nidalee with only a 33.3% win rate. Nidalee has the advantage in this matchup. Katarina players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Nidalee's lead.
How do I play Katarina against Nidalee?
When playing Katarina against Nidalee, play cautiously and avoid Nidalee's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Nidalee has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.