Nidalee Jungle Season 6

Ravenhale·Nov 13, 2015·2 votes·921 views

So I'm curious if anyone has tried Nidalee in the jungle for this new patch. I was thinking of playing her tonight and wanted to know if I need to stop by the store first for some lube and tissues.

3 Comments

LeonaaNov 13, 20153 votes

From what I tried last night its getting really close to impossible. Before the changes I could get through a full clear with one pot no problem. Now I can't even safely clear to level 3, let alone be able to gank after.

I tried a few combinations of runes/masteries/items and couldn't quite find anything that could at least get me to level three with no leash in a bot game, granted I'm not the best at fiddling with new builds. Probably have to give up with mpen/armor/ap runes and go full on ad/armor just to get through it.

If someone finds a way to do this effectively I'm missing by all means share, I'd love to find out I'm just doing something wrong and can go back to playing her.

I hope this is at least something riot is aware of because in the last patch she got to the point where she was really only viable in the jungle and now if she can't do that effectively I'm worried she wont have much of a place.

Edit: Fiddled around with some stuff more and found something that works, it's still harder than it used to be for the first clear, but after that the mana boost is nice. Still think that she needs a little watching, might need a nudge, but its hard to say until people start to figure out what works with all these new items.

ArtorîasNov 16, 20151 votes

ex nid main played her earlier jungle is still ez everyone else jungle fucking sucks dick

RavenhaleNov 17, 20151 votes

After the weekend... she needs to start the mana regen item and needs a leash. There's no "I'll start wolves, guys, no leash required" option. Once she hits level 4, it's pretty much a cakewalk. Arguably easier than before. The problem is getting to that point. I really want to hit level 3 before my first back, but I either do that by burning all pots or standing around and healing myself two or more times before each camp. I'm thinking she needs to have Blue leashed at the start to shorten her cooldowns. After blue, gromp and then scuttle so you can heal and kill time (instead of wasting it) before heading to a third camp (or gank bot at level 2 for giggles first). With any luck, you'll have the 700 gold (and level 3) on your first back to buy your complete jungle item.

Level 3 still feels tough for no particular reason. I think the issue here is that I used to grab the blasting smite, which was removed from the game. It helped clear those camps quickly, thus a quick level 4. Without that momentary stun and AoE damage, Nidalee takes quite a bit more damage from those camps. It's a little weird that it only takes one more level for this not to be an issue, so I might want to work on the whole snare/kite process a bit more seriously than I did in the past.