Nidalee

Nidalee is an AP assassin in the support, and on patch 16.17 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 49.5% win rate, 0.2% pick rate, 2,627 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Nidalee is front-loaded: at peak strength early and falling off the longer the game runs, so the win condition is to convert early pressure into objectives and leads before the 25-minute mark.

How Nidalee wins: roaming out of lane to snowball the rest of the map, and using Nidalee's mobility to catch isolated targets. The kit grades 7/10 roaming, 7/10 mobility. Nidalee grades low on engage and disengage (2/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.

The most-played core build is Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, which holds a 43.6% win rate across 101 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.

The matchup to respect is Kai'Sa, where Nidalee sits at just 45.9%, the lane swings the other way into Jhin (53.4%), and on the team side, Nidalee gains the most from a Graves (+7.6% pair win rate).