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Riftbeast Nidalee

Also called Nidalee reroll · Riftbeast reroll

3-cost reroll at level 9ConsistentCarried by Nidalee

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 5 days·Updated 26 Oct 2026, 23:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 83 in the last 5 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

S comps in Diamond+ now: Riftbeast Elder Dragon (same trait), Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Draven (same trait). Every grade: the tier list.

Final board

The board at level 9, where most of its games end, from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days.

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

4Nidalee★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
carry
4Sentinel★
4Sett★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
3Kog'Maw★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Giant Slayer
3Krug★★
2Scuttlecrab★★
4Morganaflex
3Viflex
1Yorickflex

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Nidalee

How to play this

Level
Roll at level 9 until its 3-costs are 3-starred: Master Yi. Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.61 across every comp; this one averages 3.73, 0.88 better. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Nidalee 3★ on 0% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeSpear of ShojinJeweled Gauntlet Guinsoo's Rageblade, Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet

Stage by stage

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

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

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

Level 9 around 5-1: about 98 rolls (196 gold) to 3-star Master Yi; about 128 if three copies of each are on other boards. model

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.5 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-7 on average, with 8 gold left.

Which version?

Three comps play Riftbeast around Nidalee. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
Kog'MawNidaleeSentinel
#4.66 avg48.7% top 411,515 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 120 in the last 5 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Nidalee & Malphite
Only this one plays
CinderlingRek'SaiMalphiteSivir
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No tier yetRiftbeast Nidalee
— avg— top 483 games3-cost reroll at level 9
Carried by Nidalee
Only this one plays
ScuttlecrabSettor Yorickor Morgana

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

Augmentswhy no augment has a number on this page

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 Riftbeast Nidalee in TFT Set 18?

3-cost reroll at level 9. Rolls at level 9 until its 3-costs are 3-starred: Master Yi.

What items does Nidalee need?

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

Is Riftbeast Nidalee good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 89 games at all ranks in the last 5 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #3.74.

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. #1ZETA yatsuhashi#3210Challenger · JP · 1,772 LP · level 8 · 2026-10-21

Traits

Active on the core board, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Riftbeast3next 5Adaptor2next 3Brawler2next 4Invoker2next 3Caustic1

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
Adaptor24.566133.1061

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+83#3.7366.3%18.1%
All ranks89#3.7466.3%16.9%

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.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Blossom Master YiA4#4.4055,142
Riftbeast Nidalee & Malphite—4#4.6612,440
Primal Nidalee & Sivir—4#4.94833
Adaptor Master Yi—4#4.83197