Nidalee

The Bestial Huntress

Assassin / Mage · Mana · Ranged

About

Nidalee, the Bestial Huntress, is a assassin and mage champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at range. Their kit focuses on magic damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 8 out of 10: a champion hard and needs practice to perform well.

Compared with other champions, Nidalee starts with average HP (610), above average armor (32) and average move speed (335). Attack range is 525 units.

Nidalee has 16 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack5

Defense4

Magic7

Difficulty8

Abilities

Passive · 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.
Q · 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.
Cooldown: 6s · Cost: 50/55/60/65/70
W · 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.
Cooldown: 13/12/11/10/9s · Cost: 30/35/40/45/50
E · 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.
Cooldown: 12s · Cost: 50/55/60/65/70
R (Ultimate) · Aspect Of The Cougar
Nidalee transforms into a cougar, gaining new abilities.
Cooldown: 3s

Tips for 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.

Tips for 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.

Base stats

HP: 610 (+109 per level)
Mana: 295 (+45 per level)
Armor: 32 (+5 per level)
Magic resist: 30 (+1.45 per level)
Attack damage: 58
Attack speed: 0.638 (+3.22 per level)
Move speed: 335
Range: 525

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...