Trying to carry low elo with Nidalee, but it almost doesn't matter.

Aurelion Soul NA··4 votes·1,416 views

So i advise against this..

  1. She is freaking hard to play (no matter what skill level you are with her) she still is a challenging champ.
  2. Even when you are really fed with her.. If your team is even average. It's pretty hard to make plays with her. Everything has to go perfect, and perfection on Nidalee is extremely rewarding, can happen, does happen, but again no matter how good you are wit her it's easier to mess up.
  3. When people are fed, or they have a strong frontline, or even if they are really good at keeping a healthy wave. Good luck poking them down.

All together though, I just played a game where I hit every spear and got myself pretty damn fed for my skill level with her.. and I couldn't carry my team

Even clearing the jungle correctly in the start feels good.. By far she is the most immersive champion in the game. I actually clench my booty on every single play, because you can die from anything. She may actually be the only champion that can be killed by a scuddle crab (I'm not sure).

So play her, becasue she is really fun, and challenging, but don't expect to win ;)

15 Comments

Marshbouy1 votes

God I love playing Nidalee but I lose often because I let myself slip. Eventually I stopped, but I really agree with your post. She's super feast or famine but inevitably becomes less useful late game.

Aurelion Soul NA1 votes

I actually was forced to go tank with her just now. because my team asked me to try it.. and uh it was weird.. but better late game I guess.. It was fckin weird. But I could take down their mage and adc so I guess its fine. So Im gonna try this build again and maybe find a way to help in teamfights with her while Im climbing the lower tier.

Marshbouy2 votes

When i played her I built her like (not in order)item 1414 item 3158 item 3065 item 3025 item 3135 and item 3116 /abyssal scepter, but I have since stopped playing her. pretty tank but could still duel enemy carries.

Aurelion Soul NA1 votes

Interesting ty.. this is kinda where Im trying to go with her.. since she is stronger this season.

Marshbouy1 votes

Much stronger this season. I played her a bit when she was gutted and it was eh. I was able to still win some games because of my skill but got burnt out because I could have played something better for much less effort in.

paisy1 votes

Just play WW

Aurelion Soul NA1 votes

haha I play him. I'[m trying to expand my pool, and learn people who are fun rather than op and ez

paisy1 votes

Zed is my favorite champ but he's too hard to carry with, that's why I play Malz he's because easier to carry with. When it comes to ranked, you gotta do what you gotta do.

Fox Illusion 1 votes

Thats almost the case for any champion in low elo. That being said If I only played nidalee on a smurf I could prob get diamond with a 60-70% win rate because champion doesn't matter in low elo your team and you matter. If you play well every game you'll win more than lose thats just a given.

Aurelion Soul NA1 votes

Yeah Im climbing its just slow.. And she is hard to do well with.. I havent played in like months and lost alot of my abilities, and I downgraded to a mediocre laptop.. so its a struggle. Maybe once I learn her mechanics better she will feel easy and OP.. But Im just not in a place right now where this game matters to me apart from blowing off some steam. I'm just not Diamond material anymore :/

Aimléss1 votes

It's like trying to climb as ADC in low elos, no matter what 75% of the time, someone on the enemy team is gonna get fed, and you can bet your ass they're targeting you with all that gold. You can also bet that every few team fights you're gonna have one where the enemy ambushes you from the side and murders you, while the rest of your team has no idea what just happened. I mean there's a reason why even the best ADC's can't crack the 54% winrate mark even when every other roles usually got 1 guy that does. It's just too team reliant and not the most viable role to climb with in low elos, but I'm still doing it for some reason, so you might as well keep climbing with Nidalee too.

Some Noob Dude1 votes

She's hella fun though.

SpookyNeedle1 votes

Once you play enough Nid, surviving in the jungle becomes second nature. I find it harder to survive with Evelynn

waiting for WoW1 votes

The thing about Nidalee is she doesn't really offer a team much past 20 minutes.

In low elo expect your team to throw away any and every early game advantage you get them. It doesn't matter if you help your team get the first 3 turrets by 15 minutes, or get them 2 early drakes and the rift, they will still throw the game 9/10 times and there goes all your hard work.

This is the same reason that Elise, and Lee Sin can't really do all that well in bronze either.

SwiftKitten881 votes

nidalee is a champion that will never be able to solo carry games as no matter how fed she is she cant 1v5 if they group up.

if the enemy groups as five.. you cant stop them by yourself

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