@riotrepertoir nid's been out for a while now, are there any plans to change her?

Fomorian27·9/6/2014, 8:29:36 PM·1 votes·729 views

She is incredibly frustrating to play against as a ranged champion. Much of it comes from the fact that her leap has variable range, and can seemingly cross vast distances when it wants to. At level 2 she is a terror if you're playing someone like ryze because all she has to do is land one spear and suddenly she's on your face. I understand that she needs to reliably close the gap but it needs to be more obvious to the player playing against her when she can and can't close the gap. I would be more in favour of her empowered leap doing something other than putting her right in your face, like getting two mini leaps of fixed range instead. This allows her to close the gap if she chooses but lets the player playing against her actually have a chance to get away. Barring that, I think the yasuo dash treatment would be appropriate, where a snare or a stun stops her in mid leap instead of at the landing point, rewarding skillful use of cc abilities.

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xXC00k1esXx9/7/2014, 2:28:39 AM2 votes

Whenever you get hit by a spear or trap, a triangular icon appears above your head much like velkoz. That, is when Nidalee's leap can extend beyond normal range. Also, they changed it so she actually leaps behind her target. Nidalee herself has a ring around her when the passive is triggered. This shows just how far she can jump, although the ring is only visible to Nidalee.

I am certain the leap is no further than flash range.

Before her change, Nidalee was one of those laning champs that didn't necessarily win trades but she was difficult to kill. A perfect champ to hold and freeze a lane so the enemy never gets very far.

Now they gave her a new passive, and set ult to lvl 1 instead of lvl 6 to be more in line with Elise, Jayce, and Karma. This change gave her back that power to win trades in lane.

My suggestion to you is to pick a champion against her that can easily win trades in lane like Vladimir. She can poke you all day long but as Vladimir you can heal all the damage away.