Wild Rift Nidalee Community Builds
Explore community-created NIDALEE builds for Wild Rift. Compare item paths, runes, summoner spells, skill orders, and detailed player guides, then vote for the setups that work best in the current meta.
Dark Harvest
Bonus Damage, Stack Amplification
Damaging a champion below 50% health deals adaptive damage and harvests their soul, permanently increasing Dark Harvest's damage by 11.
Dark Harvest damage: 35+ 11 per soul + 10% bonus 
+ 5% 
Cooldown: 20s (Resets to 1s on takedown)
Lich Bane
Attacks deal bonus damage aster ability casts +100 Ability Power
+10 Ability Haste
+5% Move Speed
Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus magic damage equal to 75% base AD + 45% AP . (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structures.
2800
Lich Bane TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who weave abilities between their basic attacks. After casting a spell, your next attack is empowered with a powerful burst of bonus magic damage, greatly increasing your combo potential. The bonus movement speed also improves your mobility, making it easier to reposition and chase targets. An excellent choice for mobile mages, AP assassins, and hybrid champions who rely on short, high-damage ability rotations.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Pen, Mana Regeneration +25 Ability Power
+8 Magic Penetration
+75% Mana Regeneration +45 Move Speed
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 50% bonus health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus true damage to minions. 1200
Boots of Mana TIPS: These boots greatly enhance your early magic damage by providing Ability Power, magic penetration, and increased mana regeneration. They also improve wave clear by dealing bonus true damage to minions, while champions without Mana instead gain additional health regeneration. They are an excellent choice for mages and AP supports who value strong laning, frequent spell casting, and efficient wave clearing.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +130 Ability Power
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 30%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: This item is the ultimate Ability Power amplifier for any mage. It not only provides a massive amount of AP but also increases your total Ability Power, dramatically boosting your spell damage, healing, and all other AP scaling effects. An essential late-game purchase for champions looking to maximize their spellcasting potential and unleash devastating burst damage.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +110 Ability Power +15 Magic Penetration
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 40% Health. 3100
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item greatly enhances a mage's finishing power. It provides a large boost to Ability Power and magic penetration while allowing your abilities and empowered attacks to deal increased damage to low-health enemies. An excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who want to execute targets more reliably and maximize their burst potential.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable
+40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Void Staff
Magic Penetration (%) +95 Ability Power +40% Magic Penetration 3000
Void Staff TIPS: This item is the premier choice against enemies stacking magic resistance. It greatly increases the effectiveness of your spells through powerful magic penetration, allowing you to deal consistent damage even to the toughest targets. An excellent pickup for any mage once the enemy team starts investing in magic resistance.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Smite
Jungle Expertise:
On cast, Smite deals 600 true damage to minions and monsters and causes your attacks against a monster to deal 30 true damage(
) every second in an area around them for 2 seconds. This damage is increased by 10% bonus Attack Damage, 12% bonus Ability Power, 25% bonus Armor, 25% bonus Magic Resist
, and 4% bonus Health
.
Deals 10% more damage against monsters.
Hunter's Resource:
- Gain Hunter's Resource stacks over time. After clearing a monster camp, 1 stack(s) are consumed for 40 bonus gold.
- Restore 5–35 Health every second () when attacking monsters. Health restored is based on your missing Health.
- When Smite is equipped, take only 50% damage from non-epic monsters.
Upgraded Smite:
- After consuming 8 and 20 stacks, Smite upgrades, increasing its damage to 1,000 and 1,400 respectively.
- When Smite is fully upgraded, gain Movement Speed while in the jungle or river: 10% Movement Speed out of combat, and 5% Movement Speed in combat.
- Upgraded Smite can be cast on champions to deal 40 true damage damage and steal 25% of their Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Gains one charge every 45 seconds, up to a max of 2.
Cooldown: 45s
Nidalee Community Builds
Browse builds created by WR-META players for Nidalee. Compare roles, item paths, runes, skill orders and player guides, then use ratings and community feedback to find the setups that fit your playstyle.
Nidalee Community Builds from WR-META Players
This page is a collection of community-created Nidalee builds for Wild Rift. Instead of presenting one fixed recommended setup, it brings together player-made configurations built around different roles, playstyles, match situations, and personal approaches to the champion.
The WR-META setup shown above can be used as a current reference point, while the community section below is designed for discovering alternative ways to play Nidalee. Each published build can include its own item path, runes, summoner spells, skill order, situational choices, and additional notes from the author.
Explore player-created Nidalee builds
Community builds are useful when you want to see how other players approach the same champion rather than follow a single universal setup. One build may focus on a particular role or early-game plan, while another may be created around scaling, durability, utility, aggressive play, or a specific style of team composition.
Compare different roles and playstyles
When more than one Nidalee build is available, compare the intended role and overall concept first. Item choices, rune pages, summoner spells, and ability priorities should be viewed as parts of that complete setup, not as isolated recommendations. This makes it easier to find a community build that matches how you actually want to play the champion.
Community builds and the WR-META champion guide
Community Builds and the main WR-META champion guide serve different purposes. The main guide provides the site's current structured recommendation for Nidalee, while this page is a growing library of builds submitted by players. Use the main guide when you want the WR-META reference setup, and use Community Builds when you want to explore alternative player-created configurations.
Share your Nidalee setup
If you play Nidalee differently, you can publish your own build and share the complete setup with the WR-META community. As more builds are added, community ratings and feedback can help players discover useful setups for different roles and playstyles without replacing the main champion guide.