Latest Nidalee build for League of Legends with items, runes, summoner spells, skill order, counters and patch data.
Nidalee’s jungle build on patch 16.13.1 sits at 50.77% winrate with a 3.04% pickrate according to ranked data, a niche pick for those comfortable with her spear-throwing playstyle and shapeshifting mechanics. Dark Harvest rewards her poke-to-execute pattern, snowballing in damage as she picks off low-health targets.
Lich Bane leads her item path for on-hit burst, Hextech Rocketbelt follows for mobility and additional damage, and Zhonya’s Hourglass closes the build for survivability. Skill order runs Q, then E, then W, keeping Javelin Toss as her primary poke tool. Full item timings, runes, and matchups are detailed in the sections below.
Imported from op.gg · updated every 48 hours · last update Jul 16, 2026.
Dark Harvest
Sudden Impact
Grisly Mementos
Treasure Hunter
Transcendence
Waterwalking
Attack Speed
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Flash
Smite
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Win rates are Nidalee's results against each champion, imported from op.gg.
Based on current ranked data (op.gg, patch 16.13.1), the strongest recorded Nidalee build in Jungle goes Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass as core items, with a 50.43% win rate across 6,450 games.
The most played rune page runs Dark Harvest (Domination) with Sorcery as the secondary tree.
Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass.
Based on real matchup data, Nidalee struggles most against Kayn, Nocturne, Naafiri.
Build and counter data is refreshed automatically every 48 hours from ranked game statistics.