Liandry's Nidalee Build

Liandry's Nidalee Build.

Liandry's Nidalee build with runes and items. Liandry's Nidalee guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Liandry's Nidalee build in League of Legends Patch 25.09!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Fated Ashes should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Nidalee ability Javelin Toss / Takedown should be leveled first.
Q
Nidalee ability Bushwhack / Pounce should be leveled second.
W
Nidalee ability Primal Surge / Swipe should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Sorcerer's Shoes should be final item in your build.
Liandry's Torment should be final item in your build.
Riftmaker should be final item in your build.
Shadowflame should be final item in your build.
Blackfire Torch should be final item in your build.
Void Staff should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Dark Harvest from Domination tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Ghost as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Liandry's Nidalee Runes

Domination
Domination major tree Electrocute rune.
Domination major tree Dark Harvest rune.
Domination major tree Hail of Blades rune.
Domination major tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination major tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination major tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination major tree Sixth Sense rune.
Domination major tree Grisly Mementos rune.
Domination major tree Deep Ward rune.
Domination major tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General

  1. You play as Mage building Burn items.
  2. You rush Liandry's Torment.
  3. You burn your enemies. With DOTs. And debuffs.

Champion

  1. This build is all about traps Bushwhack / Pounce (W), but it also does super okay with poke.
  2. With this build, your traps Bushwhack / Pounce (W) will become super deadly to enemies.

How to play

General

  1. Playing Liandry's Nidalee build, your default rush is Liandry's Torment vs. HP, Blackfire Torch vs. squishes. Then get the other item
  2. Adapt to an enemy team. Are they full of tanks, and they rush tons of Magic Resist? You rush Void Staff as #2 or #3 item to counter MR stacking. Their team has champs with lots of healing? Rush Oblivion Orb as #2 item (upgrade to Morellonomicon as 4th or 5th item).
  3. Items like Morellonomicon or Oblivon Orb are extra effective with this build, thanks to damage over time effects from Liandry's Torment.
  4. In some rare cases, when an enemy team has an extremely strong shielding, you can even buy Serpent's Fang. It works with your DoTs, meaning shield reduction lasts longer.
  5. They have lots of melee? Or you just want to kite them? Get Rylai's Crystal Scepter.
  6. Somebody is going after you each fight? Always getting ulted by enemy assassins? Rush Zhonya's Hourglass.
  7. If you are doing well, are ahead and want to have some fun, you can buy The Collector item. It works off your damage over time effects!

Champion

  1. Place traps in strategic positions, when enemies will be going through - bushes, chokepoints, Health Relic spawns.
  2. If an enemy team is really heavy on poke, you can max E second.
  3. Last Stand is super important talent that does tons of damage. It has a lot of hidden power. You can manipulate your HP to be most of the time within damage buff. It is risky, however with this build, you have option to almost never ever go in. Also you can heal up with your E.
  4. You don't need to manage First Strike very much, because traps will be triggering it often. However when you want to poke with it, just wait for First Strike to be up and hit Q to deal more damage and earn gold.
  5. Be careful to not get poked, because you waste First Strike procs.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  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!).
    • Credit: Nxal
  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.

Riot

  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.

Skill Order

  • Nidalee [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Javelin Toss / Takedown
  • Nidalee [object Object] ability.
    W
    Bushwhack / Pounce
  • Nidalee [object Object] ability.
    E
    Primal Surge / Swipe
  • Nidalee [object Object] ability.
    R
    Aspect Of The Cougar

Items

Starting items
Tear of the Goddess item.
Fated Ashes item.
Rush this
Liandry's Torment item.
Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
For mana problems
Rod of Ages item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Seraph's Embrace item.
Good items
Blackfire Torch item.
Shadowflame item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Horizon Focus item.
Riftmaker item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Situational items
Banshee's Veil item.
Lich Bane item.
Morellonomicon item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Against high MR
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Void Staff item.
Cryptbloom item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Counter shields
Serpent's Fang item.
Fun item that works with DoTs
The Collector item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Example final build
Sorcerer's Shoes item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Riftmaker item.
Shadowflame item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Void Staff item.