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What decides the jungle matchup: Nidalee vs Vi 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.
Vi
jungle · Early ganker
Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
Her charged Q gank is a guaranteed knock-up. Ward river and hold your escape for it.
Window: before four minutes
Vi's Vault Breaker closes lanes from fog at level three; a dash spent early into her gank converts to a death.
Nidalee vs Vi: Common Questions
- Who wins Nidalee vs Vi?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Nidalee against Vi 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. Vi: Her charged Q gank is a guaranteed knock-up. Ward river and hold your escape for it.
- How do you play the Nidalee Vi 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. Vi's Vault Breaker closes lanes from fog at level three; a dash spent early into her gank converts to a death.
- What should I know about Vi vs Nidalee?
- Vi 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. Vi: Her charged Q gank is a guaranteed knock-up. Ward river and hold your escape for it. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
- How do I beat Vi as Nidalee?
- Vi's Vault Breaker closes lanes from fog at level three; a dash spent early into her gank converts to a death. Her charged Q gank is a guaranteed knock-up. Ward river and hold your escape for it. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Vi 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.