- Win Rate
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- Pick Rate
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- Ban Rate
- 0.3%
Nidalee How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes
- Patch
- 26.20
- Matches
- 382,830
- Lane
- Support
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
How to play Nidalee in Patch 26.20, built from ranked games: power spikes, the lane plan, how leads convert, and the habits that separate Nidalee wins from losses.
- Max order
- Q > E > W
- Gold vs lane at 15
- +296
Nidalee Power Spikes (Patch 26.20)
SupportWhen Nidalee Support 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 3All three basic abilities at level 3Nidalee's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
- Lv 6Ultimate rank 1 at level 6The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Nidalee hits it.
- Lv 11Ultimate rank 2 at level 11Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Nidalee can start or win.
- Lv 16Ultimate rank 3 at level 16Lower 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 Support Laning Plan
Nidalee is a lane bully: trade early and often, push the advantage, and turn the gold lead into the first item spike. On average Nidalee Support is 296 gold ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in 60% of games. Nidalee averages 0.14 solo kills by 15 minutes.
Nidalee win rate by gold at 15
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 5.7 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.
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 Support?
From this patch's ranked data, Nidalee wins by playing to these strengths: take long fights and sieges; end the game early.