Caitlyn vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Caitlyn
based on 2,555 Caitlyn vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Nidalee
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Nidalee
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.
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.
Caitlyn vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Caitlyn vs. Nidalee counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Caitlyn typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nidalee. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when taking on Nidalee, with a 53.6% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a great counter to Nidalee.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate compared to Nidalee, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Caitlyn into Nidalee.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Nidalee matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a great counter to Nidalee. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average racks up much more CS relative to Nidalee. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Caitlyn versus Nidalee build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Caitlyn included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Nidalee than with most other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 53.6% battling Nidalee with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Nidalee as Caitlyn, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Nidalee counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.6% win rate overall.
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