
Raised in the deepest jungle, Nidalee is a master tracker who can shapeshift into a ferocious cougar at will. Neither wholly woman nor beast, she viciously defends her territory from any and all trespassers, with carefully placed traps and deft spear throws. She cripples her quarry before pouncing on them in feline form—the lucky few who survive tell tales of a wild woman with razor-sharp instincts, and even sharper claws...
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Moving through brush increases Nidalee's Move Speed by 10% for 2 seconds, increased to 30% toward visible enemy champions within 1400 range.
Hitting champions or monsters with Javelin Toss or Bushwhack triggers a Hunt, granting True Sight of them for 4 seconds. During this time, Nidalee gains 10% Move Speed (increased to 30% toward the Hunted target) and her Takedown and Pounce are enhanced against them.

A fierce warrior who makes her home in the winter forest, Nidalee has little interest in Snowdown parties. Instead, she prefers to spend her time protecting cheerful woodland creatures from trappers and intruders, giving her furry friends a reason for the season.

Nidalee roams the tall grasses and bubbling tar pits of her home, a prehistoric savannah teeming with natural magic. She protects her leap of leopards by taking the appearance of their hunters, deceiving and disarming human threats with her wild skill.

Armed with a diverting maid outfit, a sunny disposition, and a vast knowledge of cleaning techniques, Nidalee catburgles her wealthy customers without them being any the wiser. She does it all for her kitties, who have grown used to some very high quality scratching posts.

Worshiped as a god-queen of the Great Desert, Nidalee is the avatar of the glorious cat-god, Sypakaa. As war tears through the land, Nidalee will do whatever it takes to protect her city and her temple from those who would dare threaten them.

She is a cat. That is a hat. Legally, we're not allowed to put those two thoughts together.

There are those who still ask: between man and beast, who is the better hunter? With her alien biology allowing her to embody both, Nidalee of the Headhunters answers that question with, “I am.”

Of the legends surrounding Nidalee, it is difficult to know what is true and what is mere myth. Some within the Warring Kingdoms say she fights with the wild ferocity of a white tiger, that the tiger's spirit dwells within her heart. Others believe she is the white tiger, that she can become the beast itself.

Commemorating the 2016 season start.

Of the new class of Super Galaxy cadets, Nidalee—with her exceptional skill for throwing projectiles through zero-gravity—shows the most promise. As the Spider Queen continues her reign of terror, the team will need Nidalee's cunning tactics and keen hunting instincts if they want to save the galaxy.

Both a celestial beast and a dawn-walking primordial, Nidalee rules over the restorative calm of the natural world. She guards the land's remaining peaceful places, bringing light and order to the mortal creatures under her care.

A cosmic tracker and ferocious hunter, Nidalee travels the galaxy in an eternal hunt, shifting her shape to hide among the sky's wandering stars. Tasked with finding and caring for newborn stars, she is dedicated to defending them from the ever hungry Dark Star corruptants.

Honoring Canyon's winning performance as Nidalee during the 2020 World Championship.

The Ocean Song Festival is lucky to have Nidalee as its performer stylist, with her fashion guides selling almost as much as her albums, but in reality she's here as a featured part of Yone's show. She was the first person he showed his lyrics to, and it's her honor to lend them her voice.

Adorable squeaky toy or deadly weapon? In Nidalee's claws, a Friendly Fish (TM) can be both!

A jaguar leader of her own pack, Nidalee was both feared and respected by her neighboring humans. When she fell to a group of hunters for protecting her family, the shared love not just from her pack, but from her neighbors, reincarnated Nidalee as an Eidola Vida. With the power to assume both jaguar and human form now, she watches over her kin from afar.

The Tale of the Wise Cat is told in many ways across Ionia, but all begin the same: “There once was a cat who lived far beyond her years...” Though age brought power, allowing her to shift form between feline and mortal, her questions only deepened. She searched for answers, unaware that the wisdom she yearned for had always lived within.