Nidalee is a meme

math crab··16 votes·1,719 views

THE COMBO Begin human Javelin -> Ult -> Pounce -> Swipe -> Takedown Note: Same regardless of lane or jungle. Lategame, do this over walls. You'll know the walls, because you've seen every other Nidalee do the same thing. IF LANING AND AN ENEMY IS STAYING INSIDE MINIONS Bushwhack -> Ult -> Pounce -> Swipe -> Takedown THE FOLLOWUP A) Use any applicable items or summoners and continue to spam Cougar spells B) Pounce away (if Pounce -> Swipe killed minions) -> Heal -> Basic attack until enemy moves away IF AN ENEMY HAS GIVEN CHASE Spam pounce to gain range, then turn around and do The Combo.

These are the only combos you will see a Nidalee do. If you suspect that this is not the case, get it on film and send it to Guinness.

NIDALEE IS A MEME The timings on these combos are the same for every player. The situations in which these combos are used are the same for every player. The items bought and the skill order are identical in all cases. There is no individualism when playing Nidalee. You are not playing Nidalee to express yourself, any more than someone uses a lolcat to express themselves. You are not playing Nidalee because she is fun, any more than someone reads trollcomics because they are fun. NIDALEE IS A MEME You are using Nidalee because she is strong. In fact, you are using Nidalee because she is strong enough that you can do these combos- exactly the same same combos that a hundred, a thousand other people entirely different from you are doing at exactly the same time- and get away with them. Sometimes- often, even- your opponents know exactly what to expect. Sometimes, this gets you killed- sometimes, it doesn't. NIDALEE IS A MEME You do not play Nidalee. Nidalee plays you. When you kappa in a Twitch chat, you are not the thing people see. The kappa is. When you play Nidalee in a ranked game, you are not the person throwing the spears. Nidalee is. Not everyone who plays Nidalee is the same. Some are bronze, some are diamond. Some are 12, some are 21. But every Nidalee is the same. If you could not see the name, you would never guess the Nidalee.

Nidalee is a meme, and that above all else is one thing League does not need more of.

7 Comments

Mohrb5 votes

So... her ONLY combo is either spear, ult, pounce, swipe, takedown... or bushwack, ult, pounce, swipe, takedown... or sometimes while kiting an enemy, swipe, pounce away, spear, buff, ranged auto attack, spear, ult, pounce (swipe if needed), takedown.

... definitely sounds more one dimentional than Udyr: bearform, tigerform. Or nasus: wither, debuff, Q. Or poopy: ult, charge, Q.

Champions with combos tend to use their full combo when going all in. That's how combos work.

Also, the word Meme doesn't mean what you think it does. Perhaps "trope" would be better. But, not meme.

...although, she is made out of poptards and poops rainbows.

RetroRage963 votes

upvote, completely agree. i used to main nidalee and it just go SO SO SO boring, because the only thing you ever to is those combos.

Narasimha3 votes

How is this different from a myriad of other champions? Veigar, Garen, Kat, Akali, Panth, WW, Talon, and plenty of others. Hell, its pretty much a common theme among older champions.

1st HanarSpectre3 votes

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How is this different from a myriad of other champions? Veigar, Garen, Kat, Akali, Panth, WW, Talon, and plenty of others. Hell, its pretty much a common theme among older champions.

It's not. With a few exception like Rengar and Leblanc whose combo can vary a bit, all champion uses the same skill order to kill people. Nidalee is just in the circlejerk spotlight atm so OP made the thread about her,

Dr Easter1 votes

I love Nida but I hate to play her ap, too much power. The only fun way I found to play Nida is going ad. T force + hydra and use the cougar most of time. Since Pounce scales with 2x more ad than ap it's nice to play. But the spear still do a ton of damage on squishys even with only ap from T force -_-"

Neidox1 votes

I use Nidalee because I love her concept, if they were to nerf, or rework her again I'd still play her just because I've always liked her as a character. Your logic is broken because every character has its skill order and combos, that good players will learn to use. Play a different character and don't use the standard combo. Stun,dash,ult,recast ult,qqq. There, now Riven is so exciting without using the same old boring combo.

See my point?

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