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Nidalee first clear

Morticianjohn·12/19/2016, 4:42:21 AM·1 votes·945 views

I am not a Nidalee main or anything but she has always been one of the champions that I pick when I'm just looking for a fun game in normals. At some point last season I was doing okish with her in spite of not being a good player. I just played her season 7.... I knew she was nerfed but wow. It wasn't even a bad game because my team just stomped but I am so bad with the changes. I mean some of it was being rusty on the champ, missing skill shots etc... but that first clear is crazy. I even had a little trouble on the second clear and I never really felt like I do on some jg champions (Vi who I play most frequently) where I can go into a camp low and walk away with half health.

I know part of it is just me being bad but I watched a few videos and the players kite the jg camps expertly and they still end up super low if they try to take raptors or even sometimes skipping raptors and going to red buff they still get kinda low. I see why her win rate is close to 40% even at the top. I think I may have to put one of my favorite champions on the shelf for now until she is slightly more viable.

4 Comments

Neeko N Dime12/19/2016, 4:48:26 AM1 votes

Always skip the bird camp on first clear. Those little guys can ruin your early game. If u start blue side then things a little easier sometimes because camps are easy kites. If I'm red start sometimes I'll go red wolves blue blue buff and gank top if needed or finish blue side clear and shop. But ya the raptors are op I swear

winteriscoming9712/19/2016, 6:52:34 PM1 votes

I have managed a pretty persistant full first clear, though it leaves you with pretty much no health.

This is without the smite nerf, if that is in effect already.

Start blue -> Gromp -> clear down. Raptors are a pain, but swiping and kiteing are the main things. Sometimes I let the raptors go back and heal myself to finish the rest off. As for krugs, pretty much the exact same thing.

Neeko N Dime12/25/2016, 10:26:36 PM1 votes

Also I forgot to mention, maybe take a look at a few rush games and see what he does. He plays nid alot