Can Sniper Nidalee Be Brought Back Out Of The Grave?

When Nidalee received her kit changes to make her more of an engage style champion, I felt a bit happy that we weren't going to have to live through 1 shot spears from the fog of war anymore. The biggest problem however is, that was what made playing NIdalee so fun. Good players could dodge spears even from the shadows, so it's not like it didn't require a measure of luck or skill to land them.

The more league has evolved since Seasons 3/4 the more I begin to feel like a lot of older champions are really getting "shafted" so to speak. The reworks and updates are removing the parts that players love the most and instead replacing them with generic boring things that other champions already have. For Nidalee, her spear damage was probably the most unique thing about her kit, the feature of her that made her the most enjoyable to play. I've tried to play Nidalee quite a bit the past few years but she just isn't anywhere near as fun as she used to be. Each time I hit someone with her spear, it doesn't feel rewarding or even worthwhile.

There's way too much emphasis on Nidalee's tiger mode, and her human form is lacking. I'm far from a Nidalee main, however that isn't to say that I haven't played enough of the champion to understand. As fearsome as it was, Nidalee NEEDS her massive spear damage back. For starters, there isn't any other champions filling that niche anyways. There's also a lot more methods of dealing with it now with the introduction of champions like Braum, Jhin, Yasuo, etc. which didn't exist back when it was decided to be an "unhealthy" play style.

I really don't think it'd be unfair or unhealthy to give Nidalee more damage or scaling back on her spear. Hopefully more emphasis can be put back into making her a ranged sniper and less a melee tiger assassin.