Nidalee Jungle Discussion - Post 5.3
Okay, so I am Silver II (was Gold but 5-5 placements dropped me to Silver IV), and I have started appreciating Nidalee in the jungle a lot. She has a very nice kit for the jungle: she can kite and burst down jungle creeps very easily. The first time I played her jungle I actually got only like 18k damage to champions and like 203k damage all together (meaning I famred a lot more that I should). Anyways, even after the bug fix (which was a bug so I don't get why people complain that she was "nerfed" and crap - she was merely but back to normal. Still after 5.3 she is super viable still, just ask Meteos) she can duel and farm and even solo dragon level 3 (more on that later). Getting to the main point... I want to hear your thoughts on what should be built and what is the strongest on Nidalee for solo queue (not necessarily carrying or some shit).
So when the new Nidalee was released, I played a lot of her too as a hybrid bruiser. To me, she is the most versatile champion in the game. She can do every single role as good as any other champion (now) and she can go AP, AD, Tank, or a combo.
Given this is a Nidalee jungle discussion, we shouldn't digress or diefy Nidalee's other roles (too much). Lots of people have been saying the straight AP jungle build (i.e: any enchantment, Magus > Lich Bane + Rabadon + Athenes/Morello + Hourglass/Void Staff + Sorcs) is very gank-heavy and snowbally orientated. However I poked around the AP Bruiser Nidalee jungle (I.e: Magus > Trinity/Gauntlet + Abyssal + Frozen Heart/Randuins/Sunfire + Banshees etc.) a lot. There's also the AD Bruiser Nidalee (I.e: Warrior > Tear > Trinity/Gauntlet + Boots of some kind (I like mercs) + Randuins/Sunfire/FrozenHeart + SpiritVisage/Banshees + BotRK).
**So Nidalee can solo Dragon level three apparently... I found that out today through this guide... It's worth a look... Check it out: http://www.reddit.com/r/summonerschool/comments/2vky2e/nidalee_jungle_53/
There's many different builds and variational tweaks. For example, tomorrow I'm going to try out Wits End Nidalee and see where that goes. You can play Nid so many different ways making her hard to perfect. I just want to know what you guys build on her (mainly in the jungle but also in other lane...I capitualted from the thought that we shouldn't early XD). Also, feel free to leave images and such of your runes and masteries. (I'm on my phone at the moment and I'll leave a picture of my jungle, Hybrid and AP Nidalee mastery variations.)
Jungle/Hybrid Runes (Meteos' Runes): Armor Seals, AD Marks, AP Quints, and AP Glyphs
Mid/AP Runes: MPen Marks, AP Quints, Scaling Armor Seals, Scaling MR Glyphs
If Full AD, I would use my ADC Runes: Attack Speed Quints, AD Marks, Armor Seals, 6 AD Glyphs, 3 Scaling MR Glyphs
I may make some Mobafire guides on this champion... And maybe others :) Anyways thanks guys, and please share you builds and strategies!
**I submitted this on my iPhone so if it has errors I'm sorry I'll try my best to spot and fix them. I'll also be doing edits for patches and what not.
on jungle Nid. It's nice as a 3rd-4th item when things start transitioning to team fights. So I'll end up something like
as my core which gives me both high AP and awesome survivability with Zhonya's active and Seraph's shield. Not to mention spears for days.