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How to Synergize Nidalee with Lee Sin on the Same TeamNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee with Lee Sin

How to Win With Nidalee and Lee Sin Paired TogetherNidalee is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Nidalee and Lee Sin

based on 203 Nidalee with Lee Sin pairs
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nidalee has gone into battle with Lee Sin in 203 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the creators of LoL, we are confident that we can produce high-quality, usable builds to help Nidalee play with Lee Sin. It is very rare for Nidalee to play with Lee Sin as teammates. This has only happened in about 0.8% of games with Nidalee.

Nidalee Lee Sin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee does a poor job of teaming up with Lee Sin. Usually, she wins an acceptable 48.8% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Nidalee when playing with Lee Sin by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nidalee vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneHextech Rocketbelt

Optional Items

StormsurgeShadowflameZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Nidalee and Lee Sin

Tips for Playing as Nidalee with Lee Sin

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.

Advice to Understand How Lee Sin Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Nidalee Lee Sin Synergy Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
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6.6
< Kills >
7
6.6
< Deaths >
6.3
7.8
< Assists >
7.3
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
79
< Minions Killed >
41
0.42
< Dragons Killed >
1.04
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,931
< Physical Damage >
1,240
17,203
< Magic Damage >
16,536
801
< True Damage >
975
19,935
< Damage Dealt >
18,752
26,376
< Damage Taken >
31,092
11,086
< Gold Earned >
11,447
1.76
< Towers >
1.45
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
10,808
< Total Healing >
16,085
12,424
< Experience >
12,887
32
< Vision Score >
25
13
< Wards Placed >
7
159
< Time Dealing CC >
147

How to Play with Lee Sin as Nidalee in LoL

The Nidalee Lee Sin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lee Sin, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nidalee sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Lee Sin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Lee Sin helps Nidalee perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nidalee plays on the same team as Lee Sin, she sees a little increase in her full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Lee Sin provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nidalee is played together with Lee Sin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Lee Sin.

Additionally, when Nidalee plays with Lee Sin on the same side, she on average receives much less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Lee Sin does a decent job of covering Nidalee in team fights.

Synergies between Nidalee and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nidalee
Lee Sin

Is Nidalee better when played alongside Lee Sin?

There is no perfect ally for Nidalee that will no matter what be her best ally. Yet, overall, Lee Sin is a top-tier teammate for Nidalee. By locking into the same side as Nidalee, he raises their win rate by 4.0% to 48.8%. This shows that there is a very strong bond between Nidalee and Lee Sin that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Lee Sin has a lower difficulty than Nidalee. That means Nidalee players don't need to be careful when enlisting Lee Sin teammates to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing on the same side, Nidalee players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by bringing Nidalee and Lee Sin together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of crowd control. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Lee Sin ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee Lee Sin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nidalee and Lee Sin, we analyzed 203 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Nidalee with Lee Sin comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Nidalee in order to synergize with Lee Sin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to focus on in your Nidalee and Lee Sin synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Hextech Rocketbelt. When Nidalee used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Lee Sin than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nidalee had an average win rate of 48.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Lee Sin with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nidalee and Lee Sin pairings, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.

If you need to get Nidalee and Lee Sin cooperations tips and stats for a a specific rank, please choose one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are calculated using all games played with both champs.