Nidalee nerfs

Lunastria·Mar 21, 2016·8 votes·1,236 views

So for you who don't know riot is nerfing Nidalee so her spears and traps don't root jungle monsters anymore. So what was the reason for this? I mean I know her jungle clears are really fast so then Nerf the clear speed instead. By taking her ability to root away she pretty much can't clear the jungle at levels 1-6ish so now she literally can't play jungle once the patch hits. So unless riot somehow makes her top or mid lane better by buffing something she will probably never be played. Plus I just bought a skin for her :(

18 Comments

LunastriaMar 21, 20162 votes

This nerf better not get to the live server in 6.6 and if it does they better revert it in 6.7

GhostInTheShellMar 21, 20162 votes

Her auto attack resets made her clear speed much faster than other champions. She could full clear and catch another jungle at their red.

adPrimusAeternumMar 22, 20161 votes

This comment is actually a lie. First you give no information on where the enemy jungle started. But if you're implying she can start blueside and full clear her jungle and catch the enemy where they started on redside you're pulling information out your ass.

SlythionMar 21, 20161 votes

It's almost like Riot is intentionally making her the next Yorick...(useless)

GhostInTheShellMar 21, 20161 votes

if someone can clear jungle with Ashe and no leash, you CAN clear jungle with Nidalee and a leash.

I'm more worried about them taking away her animation cancelling when she changes form, because following that trend only shows how much Riot wants to lower the skill ceiling on champions and level the playing field between baddies and pros. They already did that to Alistair. I'm not sure if they're still looking to remove the animation cancel.

She did deserve a nerf though, because she's OP at higher elos (High Diamond+).

LunastriaMar 21, 20161 votes

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if someone can clear jungle with Ashe and no leash, you CAN clear jungle with Nidalee and a leash.

I'm more worried about them taking away her animation cancelling when she changes form, because following that trend only shows how much Riot wants to lower the skill ceiling on champions and level the playing field between baddies and pros. They already did that to Alistair. I'm not sure if they're still looking to remove the animation cancel.

She did deserve a nerf though, because she's OP at higher elos (High Diamond+).

I guess she did deserve it but now its gonna be quite a bit harder to clear camps with nid and i think the aa cancel nerf is not as important because most of nid's damage doesn't come from autos anyways

LankPantsMar 21, 20161 votes

They changed this nerf on the PBE. They made it so spears don't root monsters but traps do. Seems OK to me.

LilxPaprikaMar 21, 20161 votes

its doesn't make much sense for a spear to root though from a realism point of view. the trap does however.

adPrimusAeternumMar 22, 20161 votes

In game isn't balanced around realism

LilxPaprikaMar 22, 20161 votes

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In game isn't balanced around realism

realism doesn't get in way of balance either. You can adjust so many things, base stats, scaling per level etc.. Its important to keep some realism though and I think its a nice touch tbh, makes traps retain their identity better.

In the rare occassion where we should absolutely keep a spell a certain way because its so fun even though unrealistic, then you could change the champion's identity a bit.

NidaleeWilBeMineMar 24, 20161 votes

she was fun to use now, she is juz boring bcuz i cant clear my jungle, and always under leveled now. this is the worst patch.

LunastriaMar 21, 20161 votes

Wait the traps still root? Thank the gods!

NidaleeWilBeMineMar 24, 20161 votes

nope they canceled her trap root also

SeenanMar 21, 20161 votes

Good.

Heckin SupportMar 21, 20164 votes

No champion should be dumpstered and forgotten.... Unless it's Yasuo LeeSin or Zed

LunastriaMar 21, 20161 votes

Wait I think Nid's root from traps is also being removed I'm not sure on this though. I guess I just have to learn how to clear camps a bit differently (if anybody has a PBE account could you confirm if traps still root or not)