Good builds for top lane Nidalee?

BeatzBoyFTW·3/29/2015, 12:29:05 AM·1 votes·642 views

Played with one in my team, and just saw her carrying like crazy. So later, I wanna try her builds out, but in the meantime, could you guys give me the best recommended builds for AD Nid plz?

5 Comments

3tyson3/29/2015, 12:34:28 AM1 votes

item 3153 item 3006 item 3508 item 3072 item 3035 item 3022 no dunno lol i never played her ad

Wakamune3/29/2015, 12:59:22 AM1 votes

Generally trinity force/igb, bortk, randuins, ionian/armor/mr/sorc boots

And then you can void staff, banshees, Maw

To be honest, you can build just about anything on nid and it won't be a terrible idea.

Acidic Puddle3/30/2015, 12:19:19 PM1 votes

First off, don't go AD nidalee. She used to be played AD, but since her base damage was nerfed that is no longer viable. So that leaves you with two options.

AP Carry Nidalee where you want to stack as much AP as possible: Morello, Lucidity Boots, Hourglass, Deathcap, Void Staff, Banshee

The other option is AP Brusier Nidalee. In this build you want to get a Rod of Ages, Hourglass, Sorc or Lucidity Boots, and Defensive items based on the state of the game.

Skia Asteri3/30/2015, 4:07:25 PM1 votes

AD Nidalee is about abusing the item 3078 power spike. Your goal is to get it as soon as possible and snow ball hard enough off of that you can close out the game as she falls off after that item. Outside of that you are focusing on maximizing the burst of Take Down and your auto harass. Life steal, magic penetration, and cool down reduction are the stats to get besides AD. Remember that take down converts bonus physical damage to magic damage ( item 3078 item 3153 item 3042 ) and applies life steal.

AD Nidalee was nerfed at the end of last season so you cannot instant delete people if you build enough defense to not also get deleted in team fights. It was a thing when she could be built bruiser so she could be a tanky assassin, but not so much any more. If you go with such a build you will be stuck with split pushing unless you are way ahead of everyone on the other team.

AP Nidalee is the preferred build now as it scales better after the second major item. See http://champion.gg/champion/Nidalee/Jungle for popular AP builds in the different roles at high level SoloQ. AP builds are about choosing what not to having in your build. The main advise there is item 3027 item 3157 are needed if you are going to jump in for assassination, and item 3100 is great for split pushing. A build I used recently is http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1774977519/218693738