Laning against AD bruiser Nidalee?
Which champion(s) have a better chance of surviving lane against Nidalee? If you happen to not have these champions, how do you counter her?
I play her myself, so I know buying resistances is useless because she has so much sustained damage and poke with her no mana cost abilities.
Using someone like Yorick may work I suppose, but only if you have a lot of mana potions or mana regeneration runes.
How can I effectively lane against her without spending too many resources just to avoid being killed?
Best Answer
I have found that champions with strong early all-ins can lane fairly well against Nidalee.
So Wukong/Pantheon/Renekton/Rengar/Xin all can do really well against her.
You push for lvl 2 first, then all-in and force her to back early. With that time, you can take a lead in experience and cs, and use that to zone her out.
If you can force her to farm with her skills, then you can win further trades.
Remember that if you're allowing yourself to get poked down so far by autos, you're going to get wrecked by her execute damage. Consider picking up a dorans shield if you need to.
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If you're less willing to all in her, I've found good luck with Vlad. If you manage around the minion wave well, her poke should come in rarely enough that you can heal spears back, and also be able to heal up a couple of auto attacks per Q. Pool can dodge her cougar form all in (though mindful that the cast does % damage to you still), and E is extremely strong in extended fights and laning. If you can retaliate against her cougar form with your ult and E with max stacks, you can chunk her, farm the minion wave, and heal up some damage she did all at the same time. It isn't the easiest time, but it's been a lot better for me than any other top laner I've played.
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