Nidalee wrecks Darius?

L33K Senpai·11/7/2014, 4:16:07 PM·1 votes·651 views

So... a few days back - a story along the lines of this happened...

Oh, it's Nid. Just build armor. Buys and x5

Please.

Your poke so serious.

Goes 0 and 5 in the first 10 minutes

I usually don't struggle against Nidalee's but her constant poke and harass plus her pouncy powers really made me rethink how I play against poke champions in the future as Darius. Are there any good tactics and strategies to minimize her pounce and for her to seamlessly get away from me? Cause she will pounce and I'll try to Apprehend, only missing by a mere inch. Is there any way to fight her as Darius - and if so, what's the best way to approach it?

4 Comments

Drunk Rummate11/7/2014, 4:30:19 PM1 votes

darius just isnt good against mobile ranged champions. you basically cant fight them unless you have flash up and you're capable of bursting them in a single rotation. nidalee does mixed damage so just building armor will only help against about half of her damage.

Lord Dusteon11/7/2014, 4:44:06 PM1 votes

Also, if it's AD Nid, only her autoattacks do physical damage, and she doesn't usually build crit or such, making them weak. Almost all of Nid's damage is magical, which is a much better defence.

EndlessSorcerer11/7/2014, 4:49:08 PM1 votes

I would recommend starting Doran's Shield instead of Cloth Armor. Most of her harass is autoattacks and all of her spells deal magic damage. I'd recommend getting Hexdrinker as your first item, followed by Banshee's Veil or Sunfire Cape (depending on whether she is building AP or AD focused). Nidalee is a good laner bully and she also falls off later in the game. If I had to compare her to Darius, I would say he is more useful in teamfights and Nidalee is better at splitpushing.

For laning, Nidalee is better at extended laning due to her ranged harass and her sustain, so you should probably try to force an all-in and kill her. Don't be afraid to call your jungler up for a gank, as Nidalee tends to push the lane and you can snowball off of her if you get an early lead.

ThePurpleKnight11/7/2014, 5:30:40 PM1 votes

For the record I am one of the few who seem to still be building AD on Nidalee, and I still do more magic damage than AD damage, so that cloth armor, it not near as effective as Dorans Shield.

Pretty sure some of the cougar spells are magic damage, and the spear is magic damage.