Nidalee·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Nidalee Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Taste of Blood and Ingenious Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Sundered Sky. For your last 3 items, you should build Frozen Heart, Sterak's Gage and finish with Spirit Visage. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 53.0% winrate over 304 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Nidalee Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Iceborn Gauntlet, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Sundered Sky as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Riftmaker, Zhonya's Hourglass and Eclipse. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 45.1% win rate over 164 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating and Revitalize in the primary tree, and Ingenious Hunter with Sudden Impact in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Essence Reaver as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Jak'Sho, The Protean, Sterak's Gage and Wit's End. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.2% win rate across 62 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Nidalee Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Presence of Mind with Last Stand as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Lich Bane as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Rabadon's Deathcap as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame and Cryptbloom. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.9% win rate over 54 matches played.

Situational Nidalee Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Nidalee build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.