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Nidalee

The Bestial Huntress

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About Nidalee

Nidalee, The Bestial Huntress, is a assassin, mage, and specialist champion in League of Legends played in jungle on Summoner's Rift. Riot released Nidalee on December 17, 2009 in Patch 1.0.0.63. Nidalee uses ranged attacks and deals magical damage.

Nidalee has 16 skins in 16 skin lines. Nidalee has waited 506 days for a new skin, the 48th longest wait of 173 champions. See every champion's wait

Gameplay style

Nidalee fills the assassin/mage/specialist role with ranged attacks, mostly in jungle.

Nidalee deals magical damage and spends Mana to cast abilities. Assassins like Nidalee look for quick picks on low-health carries such as marksmen and mages.

Nidalee's story

Raised in the deepest jungle, Nidalee is a master tracker who can shapeshift into a ferocious cougar at will. Neither wholly woman nor beast, she viciously defends her territory from any and all trespassers, with carefully placed traps and deft spear throws. She cripples her quarry before pouncing on them in feline form—the lucky few who survive tell tales of a wild woman with razor-sharp instincts, and even sharper claws...

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Official Champion Spotlight

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Learning Nidalee

Here is what Nidalee does well and where this assassin, mage, and specialist champion struggles.

Champion strengths

  • High burst damage potential
  • Powerful area-of-effect damage
  • High solo kill potential
  • Strong waveclear

Champion weaknesses

  • Vulnerable to crowd control
  • Usually lacks mobility
  • Relatively squishy in team fights
  • Vulnerable to assassins

Nidalee costs 1575 BE or 790 RP. Nidalee sits in Riot's mid-range price tier for champions with steeper learning curves or specialized kits.

Nidalee has not been on sale since March 1, 2026.

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