TFT CODEX

Primal Nidalee & Master Yi

Fast 8Carried by Nidalee & Master YiA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.4b ranked games.

Updated 18 Oct 2026, 22:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.4b

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 86 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

When

  • #4.53 alone35% of games
  • #4.86 with one other44% of games
  • #5.10 with two or more21% of games

Others on Nidalee or Master Yi in the lobby, over 282 games of this patch at all ranks.

Scout the lobby: with two or more other players on Nidalee or Master Yi it placed #5.10, against #4.53 with nobody else on them.

Level plan

  1. Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
  2. Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
  3. Stage 5 Lv 8.0 measured
  4. Stage 6 Lv 8.6 measured

Its games end at Lv 7 15% · Lv 8 48% · Lv 9 32%

Carries

Nidalee 3★ on 1% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeSpear of ShojinInfinity Edge Guinsoo's Rageblade, Spear of Shojin, Infinity Edge

Master Yi 3★ on 31% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeEdge of NightTitan's Resolve Guinsoo's Rageblade, Edge of Night, Titan's Resolve

Nidalee

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.6 on average.
Play it when
nobody else is on Nidalee or Master Yi (it placed #4.53 then, #5.10 against two or more)
Roll
Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Nidalee; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 5: 8.0 · stage 6: 8.6
Games end
Lv 7 15% · Lv 8 48% · Lv 9 32%
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.47 across every comp; this one averages 4.79, 0.32 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.

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Final board

The whole board at level 8, where most of its games end, drawn from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. A dashed slot is one its games fill differently; an open one, no unit holds on a quarter of them. Under a unit, or: who its games play there instead.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
★★
★★
★★
★★

Positions are our rule, by attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, the most-itemed carries in the back corners. Riot's match data has none. Dashed level buttons are planned, the rest measured.

5Kennen★
  • Edge of Night
  • Thief's Gloves
4Amumu★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
4Nidalee★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Infinity Edge
carry
3Master Yi★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Edge of Night
  • Titan's Resolve
carry
3Vi★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Spirit Visage
  • Warmog's Armor
1Yorick★★
4Sivirflex
or
  • Sett
2Yunaraflex

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Stage by stage

What to do at each stage, from the numbers below: stages 2 and 3 are our plan, 4 to 6 the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Akali, Yorick, Yunara and Master Yi.

Nidalee's items go on Yunara until Nidalee comes in at level 7.

Master Yi holds its own items from level 4.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Vi and Varus.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 5.

Add Kennen, Amumu and Nidalee; sell Akali and Varus.

3★ targets: Master Yi 31%

48% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.6 when they go out in stage 6.

32% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 10 gold left.

How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 7 up it is measured over 331 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

715%848%932%104%
Lv 4planAkaliYorickYunaraMaster Yi32Nidalee’s items on Yunara
Lv 5planAkaliVarusYorickYunaraMaster YiAddedVarus322Nidalee’s items on Varus
Lv 6planYorickMaster YiViYunaraAkaliVarusAddedVi3222Nidalee’s items on Varus
Lv 715%AmumuNidaleeKrugMaster YiViYorickRengarAddedAmumuNidaleeKrugRengarSoldYunaraAkaliVarus1322
Lv 848%KennenAmumuNidaleeMaster YiViYunaraYorickSivirAddedKennenYunaraSivirSoldKrugRengar333222
Lv 932%KennenAmumuNidaleeMaster YiViYunaraYorickSettSivirAddedSett433222

3★ targets Master Yi31%

How these rows are made

Level 7 and up are the boards this comp’s games ended on. Riot’s match data keeps only that last board, so the levels below are planned by one rule from this comp’s own units and traits and Riot’s shop odds, and marked plan — how the rule works. Hover a trait badge for what it does.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Nidalee or Master Yi, over 282 games of this patch at all ranks. We keep all eight boards of every game, so this is measured, not guessed; part of the gap is the lobby itself, so read it as how it placed, not only why.

Others holding itAvg PlaceShare of games
Nobody else#4.5335%
1 other player#4.8644%
2 or more#5.1021%

Questions

What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.

How do you play Primal Nidalee & Master Yi in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.6 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (48%).

What items does Nidalee need?

On its final board Nidalee holds Guinsoo's Rageblade, Spear of Shojin and Infinity Edge.

Is Primal Nidalee & Master Yi good in patch 18.4b?

Not graded yet: 176 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.88.

Is Primal Nidalee & Master Yi contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Nidalee or Master Yi it placed #4.53 (35% of games), with one other #4.86 (44%), with two or more #5.10 (21%), over 282 games of this patch at all ranks.

Items

The three items this comp’s carry was measured holding most often, the placement of the boards it held them on, and the difference against the comp’s own average. Every board of the family at all ranks over the last 14 days.

ChampionItemAvg Placevs compGames
NidaleeGuinsoo's Rageblade#4.34-0.5474
NidaleeSpear of Shojin#4.52-0.3667
NidaleeInfinity Edge#4.46-0.4252

Variations

Other boards this comp ends on, over the last 14 days. Each row is a version’s usual final board and what it plays instead of this comp’s own board at that level.

Lv 8KennenAmumuNidaleeSettMaster YiViYunaraYorick4.57avg place100 gamesPlaysSettInstead ofSivir

Augments that fit

What each augment grants, set against what this comp measured: the same rule the overlay uses when it reads the three on offer. A measured line is the comp’s own placement at a trait level; a line by rule is a fact about the comp, such as the damage its carry is built for.

MeasuredThe comp’s own placement at a trait’s levels, beside the augments that give the trait.

#4.57

Primal 2: averages 4.57 here, against 5.28 at Primal 4 (312 boards)

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (216 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsDouble TroubleEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused Fire
1 moreStand United
Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (216 boards)

Deadlier CapsDark RitualSeraphim's Staff

Riot’s match-v1 data does not report which augments a player took, so no augment has a number of its own on this page or anywhere else on the site. The augment reference lists what each one grants.

More about this comp

Traits

Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Blossom3next 5Juggernaut3next 4Primal3next 4Adaptor2next 3Executioner2next 3Inferno2next 3

What each tier of this comp’s own traits was worth on its boards. The small number under each average is how many boards sat at that tier.

TraitPlacement at each tier
Juggernaut24.8718544.72141
Primal24.5723145.2881

By bracket

Diamond, Master, Grandmaster and Challenger against the whole sample. Each board carries the tier of its own player where the sampler held it.

BracketGamesAvg PlaceTop 4 %Win %
Diamond+86#4.7944.2%17.4%
All ranks176#4.8844.3%10.2%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 7 days. The bars are scaled to the range shown, so the shape is the comparison and the figure under each bar is the day.

Also played

Families sharing at least 4 core units with this one — the same board taken a different way.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Juggernaut Nidalee & Sivir—5#5.04121
Blossom Master YiA4#4.3942,553
Primal Sivir Inferno—4#5.02382
Inferno Nidalee—4#5.35308
Adaptor Nidalee & Master Yi—4#4.32196
Juggernaut Nidalee—4#4.68158
Primal Nidalee & Master Yi Adaptor—4#3.32151
Blossom Rengar & Master Yi Primal—4#2.48126