Champion sheet · Jungle

Nidalee

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

5.9%#117 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.6%picked in 731 of 28,642 games
Ban: 3.3%762 bans over 23,362 games, against 6.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle51.7% between 48.6% and 54.9% over 688 gamesSoloQ 53.0%: no clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 26.2 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 894,455 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
1.1%
SoloQ
2.7%
1.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
3.5%
SoloQ
6.4%
3.5% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 6.4% in soloQ over 361,874 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
26.2 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 26.2 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% · 36,756

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 53,161

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 85 games

Core (3 legendaries)35% · 7,683

35%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

Ornn60.0% · expected 51.4% · 30 g+8.6 ptSoloQ -3.3

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin53.8% · expected 52.1% · 80 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -0.8

Midgap to expected

Akali61.3% · expected 51.4% · 31 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -1.2

Ahri54.3% · expected 49.8% · 35 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -1.0

Viktor51.5% · expected 51.3% · 33 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +2.1

ADCgap to expected

Yunara50.0% · expected 49.5% · 66 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -1.2

Supportgap to expected

Blitzcrank57.8% · expected 49.7% · 45 g+8.1 ptSoloQ -0.7

Lulu55.0% · expected 54.1% · 60 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +1.1

Braum52.3% · expected 50.0% · 44 g+2.2 ptSoloQ -0.9

Alistar54.8% · expected 50.6% · 31 g+4.2 ptSoloQ -1.4

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Lissandra61.3% · expected 50.4% · 31 g+10.9 ptSoloQ +0.9

Viktor61.3% · expected 52.2% · 31 g+9.1 ptSoloQ -0.4

Ahri60.0% · expected 53.7% · 40 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +0.3

ADCgap to expected

Aphelios62.2% · expected 47.9% · 45 g+14.4 ptSoloQ -0.2

Ashe64.9% · expected 53.1% · 37 g+11.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Kai'Sa55.1% · expected 51.2% · 49 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Yunara56.5% · expected 54.0% · 62 g+2.4 ptSoloQ 0.0

Jhin50.0% · expected 49.4% · 66 g+0.6 ptSoloQ -0.5

Supportgap to expected

Alistar66.7% · expected 52.9% · 39 g+13.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Leona57.0% · expected 50.6% · 79 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +2.9

Nautilus52.8% · expected 52.0% · 106 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +1.2

Braum58.1% · expected 53.4% · 43 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -2.0

Thresh58.1% · expected 52.9% · 31 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -0.6

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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