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Everything for Nidalee Top on patch 16.17, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Nidalee's win conditions.
Nidalee is an AP assassin in the top, and on patch 16.17 they grade out as a situational pick — a 44.4% win rate, 0.1% pick rate, 1,080 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. Play around where Nidalee is thin, engage and disengage (2/10, 2/10), and the enemy loses their angle.
The most-played core build is Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, Spear of Shojin, which holds a 36.8% win rate across 38 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
And on the team side, Nidalee gains the most from a Kai'Sa (+2.2% pair win rate).
The build Nidalee Top players run most on patch 16.17, shown with its live win rate. Choose the enemy team up top to tailor it to the comp you are facing.
Champions whose presence raises Nidalee's win rate most as Top, by pair WR delta over Nidalee's solo performance.
Best ADC partners for NidaleeNidalee is also played in these other roles this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Nidalee's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.
