How to Play Nidalee Mid: Tips & Power Spikes (26.20)

Gold vs lane at 15: +139

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Nidalee Power Spikes (Patch 26.20)

Mid

When Nidalee Mid gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Nidalee wins most.

Lv 3
All three basic abilities at level 3
Nidalee's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
Lv 6
Ultimate rank 1 at level 6
The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Nidalee hits it.
Lv 11
Ultimate rank 2 at level 11
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Nidalee can start or win.
Lv 16
Ultimate rank 3 at level 16
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Nidalee can start or win.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Nidalee Mid Laning Plan

Nidalee plays an even lane: no extreme in gold, leads or scaling, so the matchup decides how hard to push. On average Nidalee Mid is 139 gold ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in 58% of games. Nidalee averages 1.06 solo kills by 15 minutes.

Nidalee Mid and Late Game

What Nidalee does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.

Play to these strengths

Nidalee heals a lot (percentile 91): extended fights and sieges favor Nidalee.
Nidalee wins 6.3 points more in long games than short ones: avoid coin-flip fights early and let the game go long.

Mistakes to avoid

Nidalee falls behind in CS (24/100): last-hit the waves you can, items still matter.

Playing Nidalee

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Playing Against Nidalee

Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.

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How to Play Nidalee FAQ - Patch 26.20

When does Nidalee power spike?

Nidalee's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16.

How do you play Nidalee Mid?

From this patch's ranked data, Nidalee wins by playing to these strengths: take long fights and sieges; play for the late game.

Nidalee How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes