Champion sheet · Jungle

Nidalee

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

7.3%#97 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.4%picked in 606 of 17,668 games
Ban: 3.9%657 bans over 16,717 games, against 18.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle51.0% between 47.6% and 54.4% over 580 gamesSoloQ 54.3%: no clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 25.5 min

Amateur: 18,564 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 235,635 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itDark Harvest, then Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compInvade first: invades more than 100% of junglers.Map pressureDamageInvade
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.7%
SoloQ
4.8%
1.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.8% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
4.2%
SoloQ
18.2%
4.2% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 18.2% in soloQ over 158,928 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
25.5 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 25.5 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Dark Harvest, then Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDark Harvest69% · 22,563

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 32,789

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 117 games

Core (3 legendaries)45% · 6,640

45%of soloQ games

Lich Bane
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Invade first: invades more than 100% of junglers.

Invadetop1%12% · junglers: 7%
Map pressuretop2%6 · junglers: 4.7
Team damagetop15%21% · junglers: 17%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Map pressure
Damage
Invade

Like other junglers

Absorbs damage
Takes its kills in duels
Jungle farm

What it is not

Few teamfights
Little CC
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 96 in lane, 83 in mid game and 77 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

423+39 vs 383

872+77 vs 796

1,164+108 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Nidaleejunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 85% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

6takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 96 of 100 among junglers423 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 83 of 100 among junglers872 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 77 of 100 among junglers1,164 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 91 of 100 among junglers+378 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 85 of 100 among junglers+479 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 98 of 100 among junglers6 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 30 of 100 among junglers592 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 21 of 100 among junglers48% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 74 of 100 among junglers23% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 25 of 100 among junglersrank 25 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 12 of 100 among junglers0.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 85 of 100 among junglers21% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 41 of 100 among junglers65 · median 66
Invade · rank 100 of 100 among junglers12% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Malphite60.0% · expected 48.8% · 30 g+11.2 ptSoloQ +1.1

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin57.9% · expected 52.3% · 76 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -1.3

Jarvan IV59.1% · expected 53.3% · 44 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -0.2

Midgap to expected

Ahri51.6% · expected 48.2% · 31 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

Viktor53.3% · expected 50.7% · 30 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +0.9

ADCgap to expected

Jinx54.5% · expected 47.4% · 33 g+7.1 ptSoloQ +3.1

Yunara49.1% · expected 48.9% · 53 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -0.9

Supportgap to expected

Braum58.3% · expected 48.5% · 36 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -1.3

Blitzcrank56.4% · expected 49.7% · 39 g+6.7 ptSoloQ -2.4

Lulu53.8% · expected 53.0% · 52 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +1.8

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Lissandra63.3% · expected 49.7% · 30 g+13.7 ptSoloQ +2.8

Ahri56.3% · expected 53.9% · 32 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +3.0

ADCgap to expected

Aphelios63.2% · expected 46.7% · 38 g+16.4 ptSoloQ -0.5

Kai'Sa61.2% · expected 51.1% · 49 g+10.2 ptSoloQ -0.7

Ashe65.6% · expected 54.4% · 32 g+11.2 ptSoloQ +0.9

Yunara58.8% · expected 53.2% · 51 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -0.8

Supportgap to expected

Alistar66.7% · expected 52.4% · 33 g+14.2 ptSoloQ +0.8

Leona58.8% · expected 51.0% · 68 g+7.8 ptSoloQ +1.9

Nautilus51.6% · expected 49.0% · 93 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +1.3

Braum55.9% · expected 53.5% · 34 g+2.3 ptSoloQ -1.0

Lulu50.0% · expected 49.1% · 40 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -3.3

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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