Dude, I peaked plat 2, which is not considered good, and I need to tell you, balancing should be taken into consideration utilizing statistics from Diamond 2+, lower elo should not be taken into account. I consider myself I know A LOT about league, but my skill isnt that good to get to high diamond. I main nidalee ffs lol, the problem with her is that she has INSANE clear speed (probably the fastest in the game), regular ganks, which if you land a spear is a free flash, and the most pressure a jungler can offer in the game. Clear + W spam + Speed in bushes, you can be top, gank, then go bot before the other jungler clears his freaking buff. Besides that, her early game is one of the strongest, and if she gets fed theres no stopping her, not just because shes gonna be a lot of items ahead, but she can probably be 3-4 levels ahead of everyone else (I've done it several times). And people saying she falls off, its true, but she can build bruisery (ROA, abyssal, zhonyas, rylais), go in, kill someone, zhonyas, have your rotation back, kill someone else, get back, heal, and go in again, and also, her heals are INSANE mid-late game, heals more than Soraka. I love nidalee, and trust me I wish they wouldnt nerf her, but she SCREAMS for a nerf dude, she just has too much in her kit that is prone to abuse other players easily. The thing is, in lower elo people cant use her as efficiently as in higher elo, and also, most people dont know jack about the game. I see people crying and complaining about ''why didnt you ban Yi/Darius, etc.. So yea, to sum it up, lower elo should NOT be taken into account to balance a champion. And im not even high elo.