The Bestial Huntress

Previous Lore

" Nidalee was taught to fight by her feline family, battling viciously with tooth and nail. Something in her feline ways may draw you to her, but remember that she is no pussycat."

There are few dwellers, let alone champions, residing in the blasted and dangerous lands that lie south of the Great Barrier. Much of that world still bears the scars of past Rune Wars, especially the mysterious Kumungu Jungle. There are long-forgotten treasures in these strange places which many risk life and limb to acquire. The champion known as Nidalee was only a young girl traveling with her treasure-seeking parents when they lost their way in the dense, rainy jungles. The jungle was unforgiving, and she watched her parents suffer agonizing final days as they fell victim to a mysterious and vicious disease.

As improbable as it was for a child to survive in the inhospitable jungle by herself, she did just that. Her youthful innocence and a fortunate naivete caused her to appeal to the beasts of that place and she was taken in by a family of cougars and raised as one of their own. She grew and somehow absorbed the raw magic of the dense wilds, evolving beyond both her human physiology and her feline affectation. On one pivotal day in her life, standing over the torn remnants of a Noxian squad of woodcutters, Nidalee chose to rejoin the so-called civilized world, to fight in the League of Legends so as to protect the vast woods from both Demacia and Noxus.

Previous Abilities

1st Prowl (I)

1st Javelin Toss (Human Q)

1st Takedown (Cougar Q)

1st Bushwhack (Human W)

1st Pounce (Cougar W)

1st Primal Surge (Human E)

1st Swipe (Cougar E)

1st Aspect of the Cougar (R)

Previous Splash Art

• North America
• China

1st Classic Nidalee

1st Snow Bunny Nidalee

2nd Snow Bunny Nidalee

1st Leopard Nidalee

2nd Leopard Nidalee

1st French Maid Nidalee

1st Pharaoh Nidalee

1st Bewitching Nidalee

Classic Nidalee

Snow Bunny Nidalee

Leopard Nidalee

Pharaoh Nidalee

Bewitching Nidalee

Patch History

V7.18

• Primal Surge
  • Minimum heal AP ratio increased to 32.5% AP from 27.5% AP.
    • Maximum heal AP ratio increased to 65% AP from 55% AP.

V7.17

• Bushwhack
  • Bug Fix: Is no longer considered a valid unit for Bard's Cosmic Binding to stun against.

V7.11

• Bewitching Nidalee
  • Bug Fix: Restored her Vintage loading screen border for original owners.

V7.9

• Stats
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.

V7.7

• Bushwhack
  • Bug Fix: Lifesteal no longer applies when hiting traps.

V7.4

• Bushwhack
  • New Effect: Targetable hitbox increased to 50 units from 25.

V7.2

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 540 from 511.2.
• Bushwhack
  • New Effect: Traps are now Template:Cctip, they can be revealed and destroyed.
    • Traps have 6 health and receive modified damage.
    • Melee hits do 3 damage, and ranged do 2 damage.
    • Traps grants 10 to its killer.
  • New Effect: Now only traps may be active at once.
  • Removed: Template:Cctip
• Primal Surge
  • Base heal increased to 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 from 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105.
    • Maximum base heal increased to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 from 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210.

• Prowl
  • New Effect: Now grants Template:Cctip for the duration

V7.1

• Bushwhack
  • New Effect: grants Template:Cctip (previously only revealed)

V6.24

• Stats
  • Base attack damage increased to 53 from 47.88.

V6.21

• Takedown
  • Cooldown increased to 6 seconds at all ranks from 5.
• Pounce
  • Cooldown increased to 6 seconds at all ranks from 5.
• Primal Surge
  • Heal reduced to 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 (+ 27.5% AP) from 45 / 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 (+ 50% AP).
  • New Effect: Increases heal by 1% for 1% of the target's missing health, for a maximum of 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 (+ 55% AP).
• Swipe
  • Cooldown increased to 6 seconds at all ranks from 5.

V6.15

• Warring Kingdoms Nidalee
  • Bug Fix: Some skins stealing cougar Recall visual effects when in the same game together
• Javelin Toss
  • Minimum damage increased to 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130 from 60 / 77.5 / 95 / 112.5 / 130
  • Maximum damage increased to 210 / 255 / 300 / 345 / 390 from 180 / 232.5 / 285 / 337.5 / 390
• Takedown
  • Minimum damage changed to 5 / 30 / 55 / 80 from 4 / 20 / 50 / 90
  • Maximum damage changed to 10 / 67.5 / 137.5 / 220 from 8 / 45 / 125 / 248
  • AP ratio increased to (+ 40% AP) from (+ 36% AP)
  • Bonus damage against Hunted targets increased to 40% from 33
• Pounce
  • Removed: Minimap intercepting cursor when casting
  • Bug Fix: Nidalee dashing in a random direction if cursor is hovering over minimap
• Aspect of the Cougar
  • Removed: Resetting basic attack timer on-cast

V6.13

• Challenger Nidalee
  • A few visual effects' colors updated to be more readable

V6.11

• General
  • New splash artwork for Snow Bunny, Leopard, French Maid, Pharaoh and Bewitching.
• Prowl
  • Enhanced bonus movement speed range reduced to 1400 from 5500
• Pounce
  • Cooldown refund reduced to 40 / 50 / 60 / 70% from 70 at all ranks

V6.9

• Takedown
  • Bonus damage per 1% of target's missing health changed to 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75% from 1.5 at all ranks
  • Maximum damage changed to to 8 / 45 / 125 / 247.5 from 10 / 50 / 125 / 225
  • Maximum AD ratio changed to (+ 150 / 168.75 / 187.5 / 206.25% AD) from (+ 187.5% AD) at all ranks
  • Maximum AP ratio changed to (+ 72 / 81 / 90 / 99% AP) from (+ 90% AP) at all ranks

V6.7

• Pounce
  • Base damage changed to 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 from 65 / 110 / 155 / 200.

V6.6

• Prowl
  • Removed: Rooting Hunted neutral monsters
• Pounce
  • Base damage increased to 65 / 110 / 155 / 200 from 50 / 100 / 150 / 200
  • Removed: Resetting basic attack timer on-cast

V6.4

• Challenger Nidalee
  • Bug Fix: Framerate drop when becoming visible in a champion's sight range

V5.24

• Javelin Toss
  • Base damage increased to 60 / 77.5 / 95 / 112.5 / 130 from 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130
  • Maximum damage increased to 180 / 232.5 / 285 / 337.5 / 390 from 150 / 210 / 270 / 330 / 390

V5.15

• Javelin Toss
  • Cast time increased to 0.25 seconds from 0.125
  • Minimum damage reduced to 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150
  • Maximum damage reduced to 150 / 210 / 270 / 330 / 390 from 150 / 225 / 300 / 375 / 450
• Bushwhack
  • On-cast sight radius reduced to 400 from 1200

V5.7

• General
  • Health reduced to 511 from 541
  • Health growth reduced to 80 from 90

V5.5

• Bushwhack
  • Damage changed to 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 (+ 20% AP) from 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+ 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's current health)

V5.3

• Aspect of the Cougar
  • Bug Fix: Ability cooldowns incorrectly set when switching from human form to cougar one

V5.2

• General
  • Attack frame sped up slightly
• Prowl
  • New Effect: Can mark neutral monsters as Hunted, rooting them for 2 seconds

V4.17

• General
  • Attack damage reduced to 44 from 49
  • Attack speed reduced to 0.638 from 0.670
• Takedown
  • Minimum AD ratio reduced to (+ 75% AD) from (+ 100% AD)
  • Maximum AD ratio reduced to (+ 187.5% AD) from (+ 250% AD)
  • Hunt Maximum AD ratio reduced to (+ 250% AD) from (+ 333% AD)
  • Minimum AP ratio increased to (+ 36% AP) from (+ 24% AP)
  • Maximum AP ratio increased to (+ 90% AP) from (+ 60% AP)
  • Hunt Maximum AP ratio increased to (+ 120% AP) from (+ 80% AP)
• Pounce
  • On-kill cooldown reduction increased to 1.5 seconds (affected by cooldown reduction) from 1 (static)
  • New Effect: Hitting Hunted targets reduces current cooldown to 1.5 seconds (affected by cooldown reduction) if higher than that when doing so
• Swipe
  • Removed: Reducing Pounce's cooldown when hitting a Hunted target

V4.11

• General
  • Health increased to 390 from 370
  • Armor increased to 17 from 15
• Prowl
  • New Effect: Active Hunted targets grant Nidalee 10% bonus movement speed when moving in all directions, increased to 30 when moving towards them.
  • New Effect: Combined bonus movement speed from in-brush and Hunt cannot exceed 30%
• Javelin Toss
  • Projectile width increased to 40 from 30
• Bushwhack
  • Health ratio reduced to (+ 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% of target's current health) from 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20
  • Cooldown reduced to 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 seconds from 17 / 15 / 13 / 11 / 9
• Primal Surge
  • Mana cost reduced to 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 from 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140
• Pounce
  • Hunted Pounce activation range increased to 750 from 700
  • Hunted Pounce landing changed to 75 units in the direction target is facing from 150 units opposite target's side
• Aspect of the Cougar
  • New Effect: Marking an enemy as Hunted while in human form instantly resets cooldown

V4.10

• Gameplay Update
  • General
    • Basic attack timing updated
    • New ability icons
    • New Effect: Death Recap differentiates between human and cougar abilities
  • Prowl
    • In-brush bonus movement speed reduced to 10% from 15
    • New Effect: In-brush bonus movement speed increases to 30% while moving toward a visible enemy champion within 5500 range
    • New Effect - Hunt: Damaging enemy champions with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack marks them as Hunted for 4 seconds, granting Nidalee sight of them. Nidalee ignores unit collision and gains 30% bonus movement speed while moving toward marked targets, and her next cougar ability against them consumes the mark for an enhanced effect
    • New Hunted particle
  • Javelin Toss
    • Visuals updated to be more readable (lowered height on Z-Axis)
    • Removed: Visually extending way far beyond actual hit range
    • Maximum bonus damage range reduced to 1300 from 1500 (maximum travel distance unchanged)
    • Minimum damage reduced to 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 40% AP) from 55 / 95 / 140 / 185 / 230 (+ 65% AP)
    • Maximum damage 「 increased to 300% from 250 」「 changed to 150 / 225 / 300 / 375 / 450 (+ 120% AP) from 137 / 237 / 350 / 462 / 575 (+ 162.5% AP) 」
    • Projectile width reduced to 30 from 60
  • Bushwhack
    • New Effect: Team color indicators
    • Ground visual indicator updated to be more noticeable
    • Trap targeting changed to single from area-of-effect
    • Damage changed to 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+ 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20% (+ 2% per 100 AP) of target's current health) from 80 / 125 / 170 / 215 / 260 (+ 40% AP)
    • Damage over time duration increased to 4 seconds from 2
    • Duration reduced to 2 minutes from 4
    • Mana cost reduced to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 from 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120
    • Cooldown reduced to 17 / 15 / 13 / 11 / 9 seconds from 18 at all ranks
    • Sight duration reduced to 4 seconds from 8
    • Removed: Reducing target's resistances
    • Removed: Revealing stealthed units
  • Primal Surge
    • Heal changed to 45 / 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 (+ 50% AP) from 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 70% AP)
    • Mana cost reduced to 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 from 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140
    • Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 10
  • Takedown
    • Enhanced attack damage changed to magic from physical
    • New Effect: Enhanced attack gains 75 bonus range
    • New Effect: Hunted targets take 33% bonus damage
    • Minimum damage changed to 4 / 20 / 50 / 90 (+ 100% AD) (+ 24% AP) from 40 / 70 / 100 (+ 100% AD)
    • Maximum damage 「 reduced to 250% from 300 」「 changed to 10 / 50 / 125 / 225 (+ 250% AD) (+ 60% AP) from 120 / 210 / 300 (+ 300% AD) 」
  • Pounce
    • Targeting changed to cursor direction from where Nidalee is facing
    • New Effect: Targeting changes to single if cursor is near a Hunted target within 700 range
    • New Effect: Visual and audio cues when Hunted Pounce is available on a target
    • New Effect: Killing a unit in cougar form reduces current cooldown to 1 second if higher than that when unit dies
    • Damage changed to 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 (+ 30% AP) from 125 / 175 / 225 (+ 40% AP).
  • Swipe
    • Targeting changed to cursor direction from where Nidalee is facing
    • New Effect: Hitting Hunted targets reduces Pounce's current cooldown to 1 second if higher than that when doing so
    • Damage changed to 70 / 130 / 190 / 250 (+ 45% AP) from 150 / 225 / 300 (+ 60% AP)
    • Cooldown reduced to 5 seconds from 6
  • Aspect of the Cougar
    • New Effect: Available at level 1 (can be ranked up 3 times)
    • New Effect: Cougar abilities scale with rank-up
    • New Effect: Vision is granted as standard
    • Removed: Granting 20 bonus movement speed while in cougar form
    • Cooldown reduced to 3 seconds at all ranks from 4

V4.5

• Stats
  • Armor increased to 15 from 11

V4.1

• Bushwhack
  • New Effect: Casting inside walls will place the traps in the nearest available ground

V3.14

• Javelin Toss
  • Bonus damage calculation start changed to projectile's cast point from Nidalee's location when target is hit
  • Bonus damage gain start changed to after exceeding Nidalee's human form basic attack range from Nidalee herself (maximum damage unchanged)
• Bushwhack
  • Sight duration reduced to 8 seconds from 12
  • Resistances reductions duration reduced to 8 seconds from 12

V3.12

• Takedown
  • Bug Fix: Sometimes becoming a ranged ability

V3.11

• Twisted Treeline
  • Bushwhack
    • Duration reduced to 2 minutes from 4
    • Sight duration reduced to 6 seconds from 12
    • Resistances reductions duration reduced to 6 seconds from 12
• Dominion
  • Bushwhack
    • Duration reduced to 2 minutes from 4
    • Sight duration reduced to 6 seconds from 12
    • Resistances reductions duration reduced to 6 seconds from 12

V3.03

• Stats
  • Magic resistance growth reduced to 0 from 0.75
• Swipe
  • AP ratio increased to (+ 60% AP) from (+ 40% AP)
• Aspect of the Cougar
  • Removed: Granting 10 / 20 / 30 bonus resistances while in cougar form

V1.0.0.153

• Visual Update
  • New models and textures for all skins
  • New effects
  • New animations

V1.0.0.152

• Stats
  • Movement speed increased to 335 from 310

V1.0.0.147b

• Aspect of the Cougar
  • Cougar form attack range increased to 125 from 100

V1.0.0.141

• Pounce
  • New Effect: Movement commands issued within dash distance are canceled
  • Removed: Nidalee walking backwards after dashing

V1.0.0.130

• Bushwhack
  • Bug Fix: Not damaging targets
  • Bug Fix: Not revealing targets
  • New Effect: Reveals stealthed units
  • Bug Fix: Reducing resistances from units not meant to be affected by the traps

V1.0.0.125

• Bushwhack
  • New Effect: Shows triggering area of effect when cast
• Pounce
  • Cooldown reduced to 3.5 seconds from 4
• Aspect of the Cougar
  • Bonus resistances increased to 10 / 20 / 30 from 10 / 15 / 20

V1.0.0.124

• General
  • Ability tooltips updated
• Javelin Toss
  • Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds from 7
  • Mana cost reduced to 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 from 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120
• Takedown
  • Maximum bonus damage increased to 300% from 200
• Pounce
  • Cooldown increased to 4 seconds from 3
  • New Effect: Is affected by cooldown reduction
• Primal Surge
  • Mana cost increased to 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 from 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85
  • Heal changed to 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180
  • AP ratio reduced to (+ 70% AP) from (+ 125% AP)
• Swipe
  • AP ratio increased to (+ 40% AP) from (+ 20% AP)
• Aspect of the Cougar
  • Removed: Granting 10% bonus dodge chance while in cougar form
  • New Effect: Grants 10 / 15 / 20 bonus resistances while in cougar form

V1.0.0.123

• Bushwhack
  • Reveal particle effect updated
  • Bug Fix: Reducing target's base resistances instead of the intended total ones

V1.0.0.120

• Javelin Toss
  • Bug Fix: Not targeting specified location when cast immediately after swapping to human form
• Bushwhack
  • Bug Fix: Not targeting specified location when cast immediately after swapping to human form

V1.0.0.107

• General
  • Bug Fix: Cougar form having lower attack damage than human one

V1.0.0.106

• Pounce
  • Removed: Dealing damage when dash is interrupted by displacements

V1.0.0.105

• Javelin Toss
  • New Effect: Projectile travels in target direction if targeting outside maximum cast range
  • Bug Fix: Not hitting stealthed champions

V1.0.0.103

• Stats
  • Attack damage increased to 49 from 46

V1.0.0.100

• Takedown
  • Bug Fix: Death Recap display
• Pounce
  • Removed: Casting while rooted
• Aspect of the Cougar
  • Tooltip updated

V1.0.0.99

• Javelin Toss
  • Tooltip updated

V1.0.0.98

• Swipe
  • Bug Fix: Damage calculation occasionally not including AP ratio
• Takedown
  • Removed: Interaction with dodge chance
  • New Effect: Resets Nidalee's basic attack timer on-cast

V1.0.0.87

• Javelin Toss
  • AP ratio increased to (+ 65% AP) from (+ 55% AP)
• Primal Surge
  • Heal reduced to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255
  • AP ratio increased to (+ 125% AP) from (+ 80% AP)

V1.0.0.85

• Pounce
  • Removed: Interaction with cooldown reduction
  • Cooldown changed to static (3 seconds)

V1.0.0.79

• Prowl
  • Bonus movement speed reduced to 15% from 25
• Javelin Toss
  • AP ratio increased to (+ 55% AP) from (+ 40% AP)
• Primal Surge
  • Mana cost increased to 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 from 50 at all ranks

V1.0.0.75

• Pounce
  • Bug Fix: Casting while rooted

V1.0.0.74

• Bushwhack
  • Bug Fix: Units hit flickering if they are stealthed

V1.0.0.72

• Javelin Toss
  • Projectile speed increased
• Pounce
  • New animation

V1.0.0.63

• Added