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Nidalee

Nidalee

Prowl P

Prowl

Innate - Prowl: While in brush, Nidalee gains ghosting and 10% bonus movement speed, increased to 30% while facing a visible enemy champion within 1400 range. The bonuses persist for 2 seconds after leaving brush.
Innate - Hunt: Hitting monsters or enemy champions with Javelin Toss or Bushwhack when Nidalee is nearby grants her ghosting and 10% bonus movement speed for 4 seconds and applies a Hunted mark to the target for the same duration, during which they are revealed as well as grant sight of a 300-unit radius around them. The bonus movement speed is increased to 30% while facing a Hunted target. Additionally, the first cast of both Takedown and Pounce against a Hunted target is enhanced.
The bonus movement speed from Prowl and Hunt can stack, but cannot exceed 30%.
Javelin Toss / Takedown Q

Javelin Toss / Takedown

Cooldown: 6

Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Mana

Range: 1500

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.

Minimum Magic Damage: 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 / 150 (+ 50% AP)

Maximum Magic Damage: 210 / 270 / 330 / 390 / 450 (+ 150% AP)

Bushwhack / Pounce W

Bushwhack / Pounce

Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9

Cost: 30/35/40/45/50 Mana

Range: 900

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.

Magic Damage Per Tick: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 (+ 5% AP)

Total Magic Damage: 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 (+ 20% AP)

Primal Surge / Swipe E

Primal Surge / Swipe

Cooldown: 12

Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Mana

Range: 900

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.

Bonus Attack Speed: 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70%

Minimum Heal: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 35% AP)

Maximum Heal: 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 / 300 (+ 70% AP)

Aspect Of The Cougar R

Aspect Of The Cougar

Cooldown: 3

Range: 20

Nidalee transforms into a cougar, gaining new abilities.
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Playing the matchup

Playing as 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.

Lore

Raised in the deepest jungle, Nidalee is a master tracker who can shapeshift into a ferocious cougar at will. Neither wholly woman nor beast, she viciously defends her territory from any and all trespassers, with carefully placed traps and deft spear throws. She cripples her quarry before pouncing on them in feline form—the lucky few who survive tell tales of a wild woman with razor-sharp instincts, and even sharper claws...