According to Champion.gg Nidalee is the worst champion this patch.

TeemoXNidalee·Dec 1, 2015·2 votes·1,957 views

http://champion.gg/champion/Nidalee/Middle

Look at her winrate, I feel bad for her. She should be buffed in many ways to come back to viability:

Passive: Hunted enemies are now silenced and the root now works on champions (to prevent them from retaliating/running when nidalee jumps on them)

Q: Spears can now apply on-hit effects (great synergy with lichbane will help nida in many ways).

W (Trap): Change trap damage to 5%/10%/15%/20%/25% (+ 5%/100AP) max health, she needs a way to deal with beefy tanks.

W (Pounce): Make the cooldown 3 seconds again.

E (Heal): Attack speed is useless on nida, make it 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60% damage reduction for the duration instead. E (Swipe): Deals triple damage to minions and monsters (This will help with her lacking waveclear and jungle speed).

6 Comments

PennsDec 1, 20153 votes

kappa

J EevoDec 1, 20151 votes

It's kind of a blessing in disguise considering how annoying she is when she's popular

YumaS2AstralDec 1, 20151 votes

Honestly, she needs a rework. Yes, another rework. The old one solved some of her problems but created others, and didn't really solved her main problem:

When Nidalee is good, she is oppressive. When she is not good, she is extremely mediocre and not worth using over any champion. I think that part of the reason for this is due to how overloaded her kit is. She has burst, poke, a heal, an attack speed buff, and mobility. Her mobility is so good that you cannot chase her, and she can chase you. The only way you can catch Nidalee is if she makes a big mistake. Same problems as Lee Sin: Too much utility in a champion that already has massive damage and mobility.

Because of this, the only way she can't be broken is when she is bad. She can never really be balanced due to how her kit works. I don't know how to solve those problems, but I know for sure that she needs a rework.