Name: Nidalee tier and win rate by rank band / Patch 7.3e
Creator: Tencent

Skills

P

PROWLPassive

Starts with a rank in Aspect of the Cougar. Queen of the Jungle: Gains 10% Movement Speed in brush, increased to 30% while moving toward enemy champions. This bonus persists for 2 seconds after leaving brush. Hunter's Mark: Hitting champions or jungle monsters with Javelin Toss or Bushwhack marks them as Hunted for 4 seconds. While an enemy is Hunted, they are revealed and Nidalee gains 10% Movement Speed, increased to 30% while moving toward the Hunted enemy. The two Movement Speed bonuses stack, with a total cap of 30%.

Q

JAVELIN TOSSSkill 1

Throws her javelin, dealing 90 (+50% AP) magic damage, increased up to 225 (+125% AP) magic damage based on distance flown.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	5
Cost	50	55	60	65
Base Damage	90	120	150	180
Max Damage	225	300	375	450

W

BUSHWHACKSkill 2

Places an invisible trap for 120 seconds. When an enemy walks over it, they are revealed and dealt 10 (+4% AP) magic damage per second for 4 seconds. Up to 4 (based on level) traps may be active at once.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	12	11	10	9
Cost	30	35	40	45
Base Damage	10	20	30	40

E

PRIMAL SURGESkill 3

Restores 40 (+30% AP) Health to a target, increased up to 80 (+60% AP) Health based on their missing Health, and grants them 30% Attack Speed for 7 seconds.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	12
Cost	50	55	60	65
Heal	40	70	100	130
Attack Speed	30%	40%	50%	60%
Max Heal	80	140	200	260

R

ASPECT OF THE COUGARUltimate

Passive: - While in Human Form, applying Hunted refreshes this ability's cooldown. - While in Cougar Form, Nidalee's basic ability damage scales with this ability's rank, and she gains 3 bonus Armor and Magic Resist (2 + (1 × level) +2.5% AP). Human Form (Active): Transforms into Cougar Form, gaining melee attacks and replacing her active abilities. Cougar Form (Active): Transforms into Human Form, gaining ranged attacks and replacing her active abilities.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	3

Tier by Rank

Official

Tier and numbers

TierWinPickBan
Diamond+D← D50.0%2.4%2.6%
Master+D← D50.4%2.4%2.8%
ChallengerD← D51.8%2.7%4.4%
LegendaryC← C54.0%3.2%9.1%

Tencent official (CN server) / Jungle / 2026-11-06

Jungle: win rate #28 of 45Pick rate #26Jungle median win rate 50.4%

Tier moves D → C across ranks, a 4.0 point spread in win rate. Ban rate also moves 2.6% → 9.1%.

Reading the table

The “← A” after a tier is the tier in the previous ranking.

Legendary is the top tiers of the Legendary Queue, a separate ranked queue for top players.

Among Jungle

One dot per champion

Win rate

44%50%56%Nidalee · D

0%Pick rate →

Build Trends

Official Tencent data (China server)Diamond+ / JungleAs of 2026-11-0611/06

Rank

SortFaded rows: pick rate under 2%

Build patterns

Splits into 1 core · 1 rune patterns

How it works

Durability: health, armor, magic resist
Attack damage: attack damage, armor penetration
Ability power: ability power, magic penetration
Attack speed: basic attack speed
Ability haste: ability cooldowns, mana

The combos in the tables below, grouped by shape; not a ranking or a verdict. Each item goes to the family its stats are worth the most gold in, and a shape is how many of the 3 core items fall in each family. Effects (passives) are not counted, and items without stats are left out. Runes are grouped by keystone and the most common tree among the rest. The icons show the most common combo of each shape. A shape at 10% or more counts as a pattern; shapes under 3% get no card. Less common item families are families whose items appear in under 10% of the Chinese combos but do show up in overseas guides or streamer and pro builds. Their icons are separate item options seen in those sources, not one build. Families are listed by how many sources they appear in.

Core itemsNearly all one shape

100%Ability power ×3

RunesNearly all one shape

98.1%Dark HarvestDomination ×3

Core items (3)8 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
55.0%53.6%
10.9%50.4%
10.0%54.9%
2.5%51.7%
2.4%45.8%
1.6%48.7%
1.4%50.5%
1.2%46.2%

Runes9 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
39.8%49.2%
27.1%50.3%
11.7%50.4%
2.2%59.6%
1.7%46.2%
1.6%44.5%
1.6%49.4%
1.5%46.0%
1.1%56.4%

Summoner spells1 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
99.7%50.0%

Pick and win rates are Tencent's own figures, shown as published (sample sizes are not published).

Streamer and pro builds5 builds (2 pro)

Streamer / proCore itemsKeystone, spells
PROWRL职业选手推荐
PROWRL职业选手推荐
B站猫九
抖音纯子
LOLM橙子

Items in these builds

Chinese streamer and pro builds published by Tencent (pros first). Support items are not included.

Patch Changes

Ver. 7

History7.0aChanged7.2aNerf7.2bNerf7.3Changed

7.3Changed2026-09-22

Base Stats

Attack Speed Ratio: 0.638
Base Attack Speed: 0.638
Base Bonus Attack Speed: 0.18
Attack Speed per Level: 0.024

7.2bNerf2026-07-29

Base Stats

Base Armor: 46 → 37
Base Magic Resist: 40 → 36

Prowl

Bonus Movement Speed in brush: 15% → 10%
Bonus Movement Speed when an enemy’s marked: 15% → 10%

7.2aNerf2026-07-15

Pounce

Base Damage: 65/100/135/170 (Based on ability (4)’s level) → 55/90/125/160 (Based on ability (4)’s level)

Aspect of the Cougar

Bonus Armor and Magic Resist Ability Power ratio: 3% → 2.5%

7.0aChanged2026-01-28

Pounce (Aspect of the Cougar)

Base Damage: 80/115/150/185 → 65/100/135/170 (Based on the level of ability 4 Aspect of the Cougar)
Killing an enemy in Cougar Form or using this ability on a Hunted target reduces its cooldown to 2/1.75/1.5/1.25s → 2.75/2.25/1.75/1.25s

Patch notes 7.3d and earlier versions

Analysis

Nothing equipped

Combat Power at Lv15 is 11,244 (#81 of 142, #11 of 16 Assassin). Down from #4 at Lv1: it ranks higher early.

LvLv 15

Stats 80% · Skills 20%

Growth by level

NidaleeMedianAssassin median

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Damage1,471

Stat buffs328

Movement285

Heals & shields205

Growth by level

Lv	CP	Median	Assassin median	Rank
1	6,954	5,897	6,246	4
2	7,149	6,459	6,713	17
3	7,450	6,934	7,362	37
4	7,924	7,485	7,908	42
5	8,277	7,899	8,312	47
6	8,489	8,244	8,560	54
7	8,748	8,552	8,932	59
8	9,066	8,948	9,232	67
9	9,514	9,378	9,623	63
10	9,743	9,716	9,956	69
11	10,005	10,018	10,253	72
12	10,414	10,461	10,634	75
13	10,733	10,786	10,929	74
14	10,979	11,138	11,275	80
15	11,244	11,462	11,560	81

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Level 15 values with nothing equipped.

AttackDefenseMobility

- +10-30% move speed (Hunted, 4 s)683G
- +10-30% move speed (in brush)683G
Combat only: 50%Survival factorMove speed % as flatAt most once per 8sContinuous values at midpointChampion medianConditional bonus: 50%
- Magic damage (assumes max travel distance)1,110G
- Magic damage (Takedown, Cougar form)862G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sForms split 50/50Damage valued like healingSkill ranks from level
- Magic damage (trap, over 4 s)351G
- Magic damage (Pounce, Cougar form)395G
Combat only: 50%Forms split 50/50At most once per 8sDamage valued like healingSkill ranks from level
- Heal (scales with target's missing health, max value)428G
- Target's attack speed292G
- Magic damage (Swipe, Cougar form)345G
Combat only: 50%Forms split 50/50At most once per 8sSkill ranks from level
- Bonus armor (Cougar form)213G
- Bonus magic resist (Cougar form)213G
Forms split 50/50Skill ranks from level

Gold values with nothing equipped. Ratios such as AP grow with your build in the Build Lab. Tap a row to see the formula.

Assumptions

Combat only: 50%

Effects that only work in combat or under a condition are counted as active half the time. The same rule applies to every rune and spell.

Survival factor

Moving faster by some % is counted as that % more effective health, since speed lets you dodge and escape. Value = median max health × the speed gain × the health price.

Move speed % as flat

Move speed % is converted to flat move speed against the median base speed of 350, then priced at the flat rate.

At most once per 8s

Effects that re-trigger on attacks are counted at most once every 8 seconds, since a single fight only allows so many procs.

Continuous values at midpoint

Values that vary continuously with the target's or your own state (damage rising with the target's missing health or with charge time, attack speed rising with your missing health, etc.) are taken at the midpoint of min and max, the same idea as assuming 50% missing health.

Champion median

Values that depend on the champion, such as health, use the median of all champions at level 1 and level 15.

Conditional bonus: 50%

Bonuses that depend on the target's or your own state (extra effects on burning enemies, detonating marks, "if already ..." bonuses) and effects tied to a position or situation (near turrets, in brush, moving toward a low-health ally) assume the condition holds 50% of the time, so they count at half. Effects triggered by your own death are assumed once per 90 seconds, like takedowns. Empowerments spent by another ability (such as Karma's Mantra) count the bonus once per that ability's cooldown.

Forms split 50/50

Champions who switch forms (Jayce, Nidalee, Gnar's Mini and Mega) are assumed to spend half the match in each form, so both forms' abilities count at 50%. Hwei picks one of 3 spells per cast, so each of the 3 counts at 1/3. Champions who pick one form for good (Kayn) count only the higher-valued form.

Damage valued like healing

Damage to an enemy is valued like healing yourself the same amount, priced with the health regen rate.

Skill ranks from level

A champion's ability values depend on rank, so rank is derived from level. The ultimate ranks up at levels 5 / 9 / 13. Remaining points go to abilities 1 → 2 → 3 in turn (1 / 0 / 0 at level 1, 4 / 4 / 4 at level 15). Which ability to max first is a judgement call, so every champion uses the same order. Abilities with a different number of ranks (such as Jayce's 5) follow the same rule, raising the lowest-ranked ability one point at a time; an ability learned from level 1 starts at rank 1.

Line: min to max · tick: median

HP2,452#49

Armor114#19

Magic Resist64#59

Attack96#123

Attack Speed0.967#68

Move Speed350#54

HP regen16#95

MP1,120#45

MP regen28#17

Lv 15	Nidalee	Min	Median	Max
HP	2,452	1,832	2,422	2,732
Armor	114	34	104	127
Magic Resist	64	45	60	80
Attack	96	50	109.5	147
Attack Speed	0.967	0.735	0.951	1.252
Move Speed	350	335	350	360
HP regen	16	14	19	29
MP	1,120	802	1,080	1,390
MP regen	28	16	25	36

Rank and min to max are among all 142 champions. Mana stats are among the 119 champions that use mana.

Available Skins

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Nidalee

Skills

Tier by Rank

Tier and numbers

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