ADC Nidalee Build

1. You build 100% crit, lots of AD, and attack speed to melt the enemy team.
2. ADC Nidalee is a late-game scaling powerhouse.
3. Your goal is to become the primary carry for your team.

1. Do not try fighting in Cougar form and going in. This build relies on auto attacking, but auto attacking in Human form from distance and kiting!
2. You have kit to kite enemies. Getting focused? Jump away. Or get into bush for movement speed bonus.
3. Going Cougar sometimes is okay - i.e. 1v1, or for quick auto reset from Cougar Q. Be careful!
4. Use your Primal Surge (E Human Form) as self-steroid to boost attack speed.

Getting started

1. Play carefully early on until you get some core items.
2. Usually Statikk Shiv is good first item for waveclear.
3. Don't rush Infinity Edge. It scales off of your other crit items, so usually go for it as your #2 or #3 item.

Adapting

1. Adapt to the enemy team. If they have lots of tanks or start stacking Armor, prioritize Lord Dominik's Regards early.
2. If you are facing heavy AP burst or assassins, items like Immortal Shieldbow or Maw of Malmortius can save your life.

1. You can use your traps Bushwhack / Pounce (W) for bush control.
2. When there's Cannon minion or Siege minion, try focusing it, so an enemy team won't destroy all your traps.
3. For that reason, you can put your traps more behind your position (i.e., if an enemy team has great engage on your team).
4. As Nidalee, you have your ultimate Aspect Of The Cougar (R) since lvl 1. You can lose track of enemy levels and get surprised by their level 6 spike and their ulti. Watch out!
5. You can abuse Sudden Impact rune with Javelin Toss / Takedown (Q) in Human Form! Throw Q, then use switch to Cougar Form. If it hits, they are dealt additional true damage. Same works with Bushwhack / Pounce (W).

Human and Cougar Form interactions

1. Nidalee is treated as melee in Cougar Form and as ranged in Human Form. That means there are interactions with certain runes and items. Examples below.
2. Grasp of the Undying - If you want to deal more damage, get more Health and heal for more with Grasp of the Undying - when auto from ranged, switch to melee (when animation is mid-flight)!
3. First Strike - If you play Nidalee with First Strike rune, if you use Human Javelin Toss / Takedown (Q) and change to Cougar Form, you actually get the melee gold. This way you can farm and earn additional gold per minute by syncing Q with First Strike (beware of Bushwhack / Pounce (W) though!).
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4. Hubris - if you score a takedown when in Cougar Form, you get more Attack Damage (melee effect), than you would get in Human Form.

1. Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
2. Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
3. 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.