I thought the point of Nidalee's rework was to make her have to get in range to use her passive
Why do her spears still do Veigar-ultimate levels of damage?
Why do her spears still do Veigar-ultimate levels of damage?
... heh. It's funny because it's true. At max range, Nidalee's spear has 120% AP scaling, while Veigar's ult has 100% scaling at every range. And if you're gonna go talking about base damage, Nidalee's max range, max rank spear only has 50 less base damage than a maxed Veigar's ult. Thing is, one is maxed at 16, the other at 9.
I really don't think Nidalee's damage is fair with all that other shit her kit is packing. I can't deny her squishiness, but that can easily be resolved through buying RoA or Rylai's.
REALLY bad comparison.
One is targeted One scales off enemy AP One can stack their own AP with their kit
Different kits are different.
And the change wasn't to make her required to melee. It was to weaken her "stay at range and Q all day" playstyle. Which it did. She's more of an assassin now. They just need to remove her heal and lower the hunted dash range and would say she's fine. No reason she has a heal, and she doesn't need a 30% MS boost and a 700 targeted gap closer on hunted targets. 550 makes more sense and gives her more room for counterplay.