Nidalee's problem isn't her offensive power at all...

Lil Soybean·4/4/2015, 7:37:18 AM·88 votes·5,036 views

It's her safety.

If it felt like there was ever an ACTUAL opportunity to kill her, ever, without her saying "shit i fucked up lol" and dashing away 2-3 times at no cost then healing back up, then her offense wouldn't be so horrifically annoying.

As it stands, she forces the lane into the uninteractive pattern of, "Either I snowball, or we both AFK farm. Period."

And it's NOT HEALTHY. Why do you think people hate Zed? You're IMMEDIATELY put on the defensive; There's no kill potential for you, no chance for you to punish their mistakes - it's just all about you having to go the extra mile to not get killed repeatedly.

Nerf her hop (when she's using it to escape, rather than engage) and replace the heal.

97 Comments

Nameless Voice4/4/2015, 2:39:25 PM39 votes

I must admit that Nidalee is one of those champions where, when I see her out of position, I just go "meh" and leave her there, because I know that I have no chance of catching her or killing her for her misplays.

darkdill4/4/2015, 7:55:02 AM25 votes

Not a bad idea, honestly. Give her Pounce less range if she's not jumping in the direction of an enemy Champion, and that would be cool.

That or give her a second resource for use in Cougar Form that gates her ability usage. Or just make Cougar Form abilities cost mana.

The5lacker4/4/2015, 3:31:59 PM20 votes

They removed Vayne's ability to Tumble through walls because hopping walls on a 6 second cooldown was bullshit.

Nidalee Kalista

lightdragoon884/4/2015, 5:38:12 PM14 votes

I hate Heal and Takedown.

ESPECIALLY TAKEDOWN. Garen has it as his ult that one like 120-60 second cooldown while Nidalee has it on a 5 second cooldown.

Oh but wait....that takedown damage increases if they are hunted? So it a DFG on top of that. Garen can't even do that anymore.

Leti the Yeti4/4/2015, 8:54:59 AM12 votes

Nidalee... https://youtu.be/fnMI5wuz4LM?t=38s

you probably wouldnt have known this was urf nidalee without checking the video's title :O

Silents4294/4/2015, 6:21:14 PM9 votes

I hate her.

But as a Swain I have completely destroyed a Nidalee in lane before, and I laughed the entire time as I established this was my lane.

manbearswine4/5/2015, 12:09:38 AM4 votes

Well not exactly,it's both of them combined,take singed for example,chasing the guy is well,generally not very doable,but he has to stay to do anything,if he just gets in and out he's not actually doing anything,he needs to stay and spread his poison,if you get him low and force him to back he won't return 8 seconds later with his cooldowns refreshed to blow another guy up,the issue with nidalee,same with le blanc,that on one hand you have to catch them or they will keep deleting your teammates,but on the other hand that's pretty much impossible.

If you want to put others at risk,you need to put yourself at risk.

DrCabes4/4/2015, 8:10:53 AM4 votes

I found Urgot to be a good counter to her in lane. She can't hop away when your slow is applied to her and the shield plus Urgot's passive blocks most of the spear damage if one lands. Her heal is annoying though.

WESTFALL4/4/2015, 2:26:24 PM4 votes

Well that's basically her thingy . If she doesn't snowball early, she'll throw toothpicks at you all game long.

And she's not like zed at all, zed is waaay more toxic as a kit than her. Zed can poke you through minions, can jump on you from big distances, can even towerdive easily . While Nidalee relies so much on her spears.

People only see her as a big threat because they don't like playing as tanks. They all love going full damage and they cry if someone chunks 15% of their HP with a spear from distance.

Well that's what you get for being arrogant and getting damage instead of tank items.

Slamurai Jack4/4/2015, 9:16:57 PM3 votes

I find Nidalee to be massively overrated for the same reason I find Blitzcrank to be massively overrated. They both have skillsets that are amazing before a fight starts and nearly worthless once an initiation has been made. Getting a hard initiation on a Nid or Blitz team in a 5v5 teamfight is nearly a guaranteed win if you don't have a massive gold deficit. You don't even have to kill Nidalee once a fight starts; just kill her team. Who cares if she can always run away, she's not gonna defend that inhib turret 1v4 or even 1v5.

Knight SoIaire 4/4/2015, 2:47:27 PM2 votes

Nidalee's problem isn't her offensive power at all... It's her safety.

and the entire boards said

no sht sherlock