TFT CODEX

Primal Nidalee & Sivir

Also called Nidalee Sivir Fast 8 · Primal Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Nidalee & Sivir

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 5 days·Updated 26 Oct 2026, 21:17 UTC·Difficulty Easy

—Tier
#4.96Avg Place
42.6%Top 4 %
4.3%Win %
0.1%Play Rate
781Games, 5 days

Final board

The board at level 8, where most of its games end, from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. Press a level to see the board on the way.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

4Amumu★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
or
  • Maokai
4Nidalee★★
  • Sterak's Gage
  • Infinity Edge
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
carry
4Sentinel★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
4Sivir★★
  • Infinity Edge
  • Red Buff
  • Spear of Shojin
carry
3Kog'Maw★★
2Scuttlecrab★★
or
  • Vi
  • Krug
  • Brambleback
1Cinderling★★
5Taricbest
or
  • Hecarimmost played
  • Taric #5.22 58
  • Hecarim #5.59 90

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Nidalee

How to play this

When
You hold B.F. Sword and Sparring Gloves, and nobody else in the lobby is on Nidalee or Sivir.
  • #4.75 alone26% of games
  • #4.83 with one other40% of games
  • #5.21 with two or more34% of games
Others on Nidalee or Sivir in the lobby, over 823 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Sterak's Gage first (B.F. Sword + Giant's Belt): of Nidalee's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.61 over 1,455 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:B.F. Sword ×3Sparring Gloves ×3Recurve Bow ×2Giant's BeltTear of the Goddess
Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 10 (2%). 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 Finishes at level 8.3 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.52 across every comp; this one averages 4.97, 0.45 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Nidalee 3★ on 1% of boards

Infinity EdgeSpear of ShojinSterak's Gage Infinity Edge, Spear of Shojin, Sterak's Gage

#4.81 over 31 games at all ranks

Sivir 3★ on 1% of boards

Infinity EdgeRed BuffStriker's Flail Infinity Edge, Red Buff, Striker's Flail

#3.78 over 51 games at all ranks

Stage by stage

Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Cinderling, Pebbles, Gromp and Kog'Maw.

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

Sivir's items go on Kog'Maw until Sivir comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Scuttlecrab and Vi.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Amumu, Nidalee, Sentinel, Sivir and Taric; sell Vi, Gromp and Pebbles.

Fill the eighth slot: Taric #5.22 (3% won, 58 games), Hecarim #5.59 (0% won, 90 games); all level-8 boards #5.42.

70% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.1 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

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

Sell Taric.

28% of its games end at level 9.

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

Which version?

Twelve comps play Primal around Nidalee; the biggest four are compared here. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play
NidaleeSentinelor Sivir
You are here
Not gradedPrimal Nidalee & Sivir
#4.96 avg42.6% top 4781 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 1,667 in the last 5 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Nidalee & Sivir
Only this one plays
Cinderlingor Taric
8 smaller versions

Ranked games, last 5 days, Diamond+. A dashed portrait is a flex slot: many of its games play another unit there.

No tier yet fewer than 400 games in 5 days   Not graded played too rarely to grade

Board at every levelthe board level by level, with its traits and the options its games play

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 4,440 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

870%928%102%
Lv 4planCinderlingPebblesGrompKog'Maw1322Sivir’s items on Kog'MawNidalee’s items on Cinderling
Lv 5planCinderlingPebblesGrompScuttlecrabKog'MawAddedScuttlecrab1422Sivir’s items on Kog'MawNidalee’s items on Cinderling
Lv 6planCinderlingScuttlecrabKog'MawViGrompPebblesAddedVi14222Sivir’s items on Kog'MawNidalee’s items on Cinderling
Lv 7realSentinelKog'MawScuttlecrabViNidaleeCinderlingAmumuAddedSentinelNidaleeAmumuSoldGrompPebbles133222
Lv 870%AmumuNidaleeSentinelSivirKog'MawScuttlecrabCinderlingTaricAddedSivirTaricSoldVi113222222Optionsall: #5.42 · 1% won · 231 gamesTaric#5.223% won · 58Hecarim#5.590% won · 90
Lv 928%AmumuNidaleeSentinelSivirKog'MawScuttlecrabCinderlingTaricAsheAddedAshe113322222

Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.

How these rows are made

Level 8 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. Rows marked real are the boards of the games that went out at that level holding four or more of this comp’s units — real boards on the way to it, not its own games. Under a measured level, its options: what its games put in the slots past that level’s core, best placed first, with average place, win rate and games beside the level’s own. All of them went out at that level, so none is flattered by having got further. The board draws the first, in a gold ring; the most played is named among them.

Item builds, measuredthe carries’ three-item builds, with average place and games

The carries’ most played three-item builds this patch, with the placement of the games they were built in.

ChampionBuildAvg PlaceGames
NidaleeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeSpear of ShojinSpear of ShojinSterak's GageSterak's Gage#4.8131
NidaleeHunter EmblemHunter EmblemSpear of ShojinSpear of ShojinSterak's GageSterak's Gage#4.2330
NidaleeHunter EmblemHunter EmblemInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeSterak's GageSterak's Gage#4.5728
SivirInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeRed BuffRed BuffStriker's FlailStriker's Flail#3.7851
SivirInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeRed BuffRed BuffSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#4.4533
SivirInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeSpear of ShojinSpear of ShojinStriker's FlailStriker's Flail#4.6330

Components to hold B.F. Sword ×4, Sparring Gloves ×3, Giant's Belt ×2, Recurve Bow ×2, Tear of the Goddess

Variationswhat close versions add or leave out, and how they placed

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 8AmumuNidaleeSentinelSivirKog'MawViScuttlecrabCinderling5.42avg place284 gamesPlaysViInstead ofHecarim
Lv 8AmumuNidaleeSentinelSivirKog'MawKrugViCinderling4.81avg place177 gamesPlaysKrugViInstead ofScuttlecrabHecarim
Lv 8AsheAmumuNidaleeSentinelSivirKog'MawScuttlecrabCinderling4.67avg place154 gamesPlaysAsheInstead ofHecarim
Lv 8MaokaiNidaleeSentinelSivirHecarimKog'MawScuttlecrabCinderling5.11avg place115 gamesPlaysMaokaiInstead ofAmumu
Lv 8NidaleeSentinelSivirDianaKog'MawViScuttlecrabCinderling5.11avg place102 gamesPlaysDianaViInstead ofAmumuHecarim
Augments that fitby trait and by our rule; no augment has a number of its own

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.

#4.82

Primal 4: averages 4.82 here, against 4.96 at Primal 2 (4,360 boards)

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (3,965 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand United
Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15), Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.30 (4,440)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+
3 moreCrafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (3,965 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.

Questionswhat people search for about this comp, answered from this page

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

How do you play Primal Nidalee & Sivir 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 (70%).

What items does Nidalee need?

Its most played build this patch is Infinity Edge, Spear of Shojin and Sterak's Gage: #4.81 over 31 games.

Is Primal Nidalee & Sivir good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #4.96 and 43% top 4 over 781 Diamond+ games in the last 5 days. At all ranks it averages #4.94 over 823 games.

Is Primal Nidalee & Sivir contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Nidalee or Sivir it placed #4.75 (26% of games), with one other #4.83 (40%), with two or more #5.21 (34%), over 823 games of this patch at all ranks.

More about this compladder boards, traits, by bracket, trend, also played

At the top of the ladder

The newest boards of this comp from the players on our leaderboard, best placed first. A name opens that player’s games, board and items included.

  1. #1Bapzera#NA3Challenger · NA · 1,519 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-21
  2. #4josepao1o#1023Challenger · SEA · 1,692 LP · level 9 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-20
  3. #4Jura#729Challenger · TR · 1,592 LP · level 8 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-17
  4. #4ツNyx 1ux#Only1Challenger · VN · 1,608 LP · level 8 · out at 5-4 · 2026-10-15
  5. #5VIT prestivent#123Challenger · NA · 1,583 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-22
  6. #7TheMagykal#NA1Challenger · NA · 1,514 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-14

Traits

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

Caustic1Emerald Aspect1Riftbeast3next 5Adaptor2next 3Hunter2next 3Invoker2next 3Juggernaut2next 4Primal2next 4Vanguard2next 4

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
Adaptor24.843,76235.15162
Hunter25.152,50034.791,25944.2142253.3977
Invoker24.833,64534.75145
Juggernaut24.933,88945.05394
Primal24.963,46944.82891

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+781#4.9642.6%4.3%
All ranks823#4.9443.4%4.6%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 5 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.