Tank Nidalee Build
Tank Nidalee build with runes and items. Tank Nidalee guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Tank Nidalee build in League of Legends Patch 14.18!
Updated: 2024-08-04 ()
TLDR
Starting items
Quick Skill Order
E
Q
W
Final items
Quick Runes
Summoner spells
Tank Nidalee Runes
Resolve
Precision
Passive
How to play
Tank Build specific
- You start with Guardian's Horn. Your #1 rush should be item that counters enemy team most (MR or Armor item). Get Jak'Sho as #2 item. Then adapt.
- You will be more tanky later on, so play more carefully in the early game.
- Triumph is better overall (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of the Mind.
- Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for very long time (or even have it as 6th item).
- You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
- Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
Nidalee specific
- You can max Q or E.
Tips and Tricks
General
- You can use your traps (W) for bush control.
- When there's Cannon minion or Siege minion, try focusing it, so an enemy team won't destroy all your traps.
- For that reason, you can put your traps more behind your position (i.e., if an enemy team has great engage on your team).
- As Nidalee, you have your 'Ultimate' (Aspect of the Cougar) since lvl 1. You can lose track of enemy levels and get surprised by their level 6 spike and their ulti. Watch out!
Riot
- 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.
Skill Order
- Javelin Toss / TakedownQ
- Bushwhack / PounceW
- Primal Surge / SwipeE
- Aspect Of The CougarR
Items
Starting items
Boots
Good tank items
Good MR items
Good Armor items
Situational items
Situational DMG items
For the last fight
Example final build