NidaleeVSShaco
What decides the jungle matchup: Nidalee vs Shaco in League of Legends
What decides the jungle
A tactical read of the jungle matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Nidalee
jungle · Jungle invader
Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing.
She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
Window: before three minutes
Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing.
Shaco
jungle · Early ganker
Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
He comes in invisible. Ward the river bush deep at 2:30, not the lane bush.
Window: before three minutes
Deceive + boxes enable pre-3:00 ganks you cannot see coming; deep river/pixel wards spot him before stealth range.
Nidalee vs Shaco: Common Questions
- Who wins Nidalee vs Shaco?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Nidalee against Shaco to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances. Shaco: He comes in invisible. Ward the river bush deep at 2:30, not the lane bush.
- How do you play the Nidalee Shaco matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between a jungle invader and an early ganker. Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing. Deceive + boxes enable pre-3:00 ganks you cannot see coming; deep river/pixel wards spot him before stealth range.
- What should I know about Shaco vs Nidalee?
- Shaco is an early ganker: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. Nidalee is a jungle invader: Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing. Shaco: He comes in invisible. Ward the river bush deep at 2:30, not the lane bush. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
- How do I beat Shaco as Nidalee?
- Deceive + boxes enable pre-3:00 ganks you cannot see coming; deep river/pixel wards spot him before stealth range. He comes in invisible. Ward the river bush deep at 2:30, not the lane bush. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Shaco you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.