Titanic Hydra Nidalee Build

Titanic Hydra Nidalee Build.

Titanic Hydra Nidalee build with runes and items. Titanic Hydra Nidalee guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Titanic Hydra Nidalee build in League of Legends Patch 14.24!

Updated: 2024-12-18 ()

TLDR

Starting items
Tiamat should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Nidalee ability Primal Surge / Swipe should be leveled first.
E
Nidalee ability Javelin Toss / Takedown should be leveled second.
Q
Nidalee ability Bushwhack / Pounce should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Plated Steelcaps should be final item in your build.
Titanic Hydra should be final item in your build.
Sunfire Aegis should be final item in your build.
Force of Nature should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Grasp of the Undying from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Ghost as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Titanic Hydra Nidalee Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General
  1. You play Bruiser stacking HP, auto attacking and rushing one specific item. You adapt to enemy team, building tanky items.
  2. You rush Titanic Hydra.
  3. Titanic Hydra can be your only damage item. Then go full tank.
  4. Your auto attacks are quite powerful, thanks to Titanic Hydra and Grasp of the Undying. It's your main source of damage + your abilities.

How to play

General
  1. This build is focused on a single item - Titanic Hydra.
  2. How is this build different to other bruisers builds? The main difference is item rush order. You rush Titanic Hydra first, then adapt to the situation!
  3. If you want to go more damage, Sundered Sky is an excellent damage item for this build. It scales off your HP (so with Grasp, Overgrowth). It gives damage and pretty good sustain in fights. Remember to switch targets to maximize the effect!
  4. A very effective way of poking enemies is to use Titanic Hydra Active and hit minions in front of them (closer to them, better the effect).
  5. Another effective way of poking enemies with Titanic, is to hit caster minions in the back.
  6. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
  7. Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
Nidalee Titanic Hydra specific
  1. You can max Javelin Toss (Q) instead of Primal Surge (E) if the game is about poking and not really fighting.
  2. Remember that your Runaan's Hurricane works only in Human Form. If you prefer to play in Cougar Form, then feel free to skip it for more tanky/bruiser items.

Tips and Tricks

General
  1. You can use your traps (W) for bush control.
  2. When there's Cannon minion or Siege minion, try focusing it, so an enemy team won't destroy all your traps.
  3. For that reason, you can put your traps more behind your position (i.e., if an enemy team has great engage on your team).
  4. As Nidalee, you have your 'Ultimate' (Aspect of the Cougar) since lvl 1. You can lose track of enemy levels and get surprised by their level 6 spike and their ulti. Watch out!
Riot
  1. Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.
  2. Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.
  3. Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Skill Order

  • Nidalee [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Javelin Toss / Takedown
  • Nidalee [object Object] ability.
    W
    Bushwhack / Pounce
  • Nidalee [object Object] ability.
    E
    Primal Surge / Swipe
  • Nidalee [object Object] ability.
    R
    Aspect Of The Cougar

Items

Starting items
Tiamat item.
Rush #1
Titanic Hydra item.
Boots
Berserker's Greaves item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Good bruiser items
Sterak's Gage item.
Heartsteel item.
Wit's End item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Death's Dance item.
Black Cleaver item.
Sundered Sky item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Good tanky items
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Kaenic Rookern item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Spirit Visage item.
Force of Nature item.
Good Armor items
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Frozen Heart item.
Thornmail item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Unending Despair item.
Situational items
Trailblazer item.
Knight's Vow item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Plated Steelcaps item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Force of Nature item.
Thornmail item.
Warmog's Armor item.