Tier B Juggernaut · Nidalee: comp guide
Style: Level 8Juggernaut · Nidalee is a tier B comp in patch 18.5: average placement 4.79 and top 4 in 44% of 2,893 games from Platinum to Challenger. Nidalee carries with Guinsoo's Rageblade, Archangel's Staff, Spear of Shojin. Level 8.
- Avg
- 4.79
- Top 4
- 44%
- 1st
- 7%
- Games
- 2,893
- Level
- 8
Set 18 Patch 18.5 77,232 high-elo games Games from 6 Oct to 20 Oct
Early comps
what to open with to reach the final comp in good shape
Item priority
2 of them
2 of them
2 of them
2 of them
2 of them
The items the comp's units want most.
Carries
Traits
Approximate layout
Worked out by role (range, health and items). Faded = flexible.
Leveling
- Lvl 42-1
- Lvl 52-5
- Lvl 63-2
- Lvl 73-5
- Lvl 84-2
Roll down for the comp at level 8 (4-2). A guideline, based on the comp's style.
Stage 2 · level 4-5 · what to open with to reach the final comp in good shape
Transition · level 6-7 · before switching into the final comp
Riot only provides the board each player ends with, not how it looked in stage 2 or 3: we calculate these openers from the comp's traits, the units that stay in the final board and each unit's strength in high elo. Gold border: the ones that stay.
Carry items (Nidalee)
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Components of its 3 main items: 2× Needlessly Large Rod, 2× Tear Of The Goddess, Recurve Bow, B.F. Sword.
Items per champion
Best items per champion (in any comp)
Roles
Deduced from the data: the secondary carry is the champion with the most damage items after the carry; the frontline, melee champions or those with tank items.
Core champions
Rakanin 57% · 1.8★ on averageYorickin 73% · 1.8★ on averageScuttlecrabin 66% · 1.8★ on averageViin 99% · 1.9★ on averageZyrain 62% · 1.8★ on averageAmumuin 95% · 1.7★ on averageNidaleein 100% · 1.9★ on averageMaokaiin 61% · 1.3★ on averageFlexible champions
Champions by cost
Cost 1-2 · the first you'll find
Cost 3 · the middle of the game
Cost 4-5 · the final board
Related comps
They share core champions: use them to pivot if yours gets tough.
More about the comp
Why play this comp?
- Tier B: average placement 4.79 and top 4 in 44% of 2893 high-elo games.
- Clear build: Nidalee carries Guinsoo's Rageblade, Archangel's Staff, Spear of Shojin (Guinsoo's Rageblade in 47% of games).
- Late-game comp: reaches level 8 with 4 cost 4-5 champions in its core.
When not to play it
- Below the meta comps' average (4.79 against 4.49).
- If you don't get components for Nidalee: its items need 2× Needlessly Large Rod, 2× Tear Of The Goddess, Recurve Bow, B.F. Sword.
Based on the comp's high-elo stats; the style is deduced from the carry's cost and stars and the final level.
No augments: the Riot API doesn't include augments in match data, so there are no reliable stats for them.