Revert the nidalee nerfs

SwiftKitten88··2 votes·631 views

i understand that people hate nidalee. i understand that nidalee spears can become invisible once every 200 games.

i understand that people dont like her in the jungle..

what i DON'T understand is why nidalee was nerfed. there are 2 nerfs im talking about

the first one was her trap nerf

now nidalee's old traps did a % health vs enemies, capped at 150 vs monsters

so according to riot they reworked he traps so they were weaker vs monsters. well yeah they are... infact there 100% worthless vs EVERYTHING they deal less damage than the weakest auto attack in the game.. they cost mana they have a cooldown and the opponent needs STEP on them.

so what could have been done? well we could have lowered the 150 cap vs monster to 50.

so why is this an issue? well lets see. nidalee traps vs players even in thier old state were really bad. but they at least had SOME use. VERY late game if they had a really tanky champ who was dumb enough to step on a trap it could do some decent damage.

now? traps deal 40 damage, period. you took a skill that has next to zero use in the game and completely removed the only use it had. and you did it to "weaken" her jungle. THE SKILL WAS ALREADY CAPPED AT 150 VS JUNGLE MOBS!!!! LOWER THE ****ING CAP. DON'T COMPLETELY REMOVE ITS ONLY USE VS PLAYERS

ok.. lets talk about her 2nd nerf.

well guess what rito... although the nerf to her traps vs players is HUGE vs players. they were already so bad vs players even before the nerf and guess what? it didn't really weaken her that much. so what do u do?

you decide to nerf her hp BY THREE HUNDRED!!! 300!!!! now lets see how does this affect her?

does it hurt her jungling or her laning? well since nidalee has a heal and jungle, and since jungle mobs AI isnt very good, and since most of the time in the jungle the mobs are rooted out of auto attack range. this nerf did didnt do jack shit to her jungling. in addition to this... junglenid usally build item 3027 where laneing nid never will.

and whats more what did this do to her laning? wow now nidalee has less hp... ignore they fact that she already pretty much got 2 shot by everything. what does this do? it makes her throw more spears before going in cougar form for the kill. becuase of her lower hp she needs to be at a higher hp to win the trade.. how does this afdect jungle nid? well single jungle mobs are even worse at dodging spear than most players. again.. it doesn't do jack shit.

so all your nerfs to "jungle" nidalee BARELY touched jungle nidalee and pretty much completely ruined laning phase nidalee.

in the mean time nidalee was only strong because of her invisible spears WHICH YOU STILL HAVEN'T FIXED!!!!!

nidalee is NOT op.. she never was. and enough people have posted her counters that its impossible to pick her without even bronze players counter picking one of the 20+ champs that counter her.

so what are you accomplishing riot? your not nerfing jungle nidalee. your not fixing the only issue she actaully had. (her invisble spear). in the mean time everyone learn her counters and LANING nidalee gets nerfed to obsolescence.

as for zed? who is an ACTUAL issue? his auto attack speed got slightly nerfed, and he hasn't been touched since...

3 Comments

SwiftKitten881 votes

you people dont even read the post before you downvote...

MasterPrankster1 votes

It would have convinced them to make an alternate account and downvote again if they did, be grateful.

SwiftKitten881 votes

LOOK at how they are "nerfing" her they are taking TWO of her weakest aspects. her already next to worthless traps, and he already insane squishyness and making them even more. if roit actually REALLY wanted to nerf her. they would address her where she is STRONG.

the reason these nerfs are "half ass" are becuase there is zero reason to do them other than to shut people up and to hurt nidalee as least as humanly possible. becuase while they nerfs DO hurt her. they do absolutly nothign to adress what poeple dont like about her. and that is that she can jungle now.

the REAL issue rito was facing was that people were calling for a nerf to a champ that WAS balanced. so riot decides to throw little tap nerfs in nidalee direction just so people stop complaining.

well guess what riot.. i understand that your being soft on the nidalee nerfs becuase she didnt really need to be nerfed... but the point im trying to make is you dont NERF someone to make other people happy. you nerf them when the NEED to be nerfed.

lets talk about why I personall think nidalee % hp was removed? becuase look what riot is doing to the game right now.. they are making a tank meta. so rito decides to nerf nidalls ONLY defense vs tanks. well ii know you dont want more people complaing about this kind of thing riot but again they are TRAPS. people need to STEP on them i feel that being able to see a visible trap and to not step on it is enough counterplay to warrent ONE skill that is your ONLY defene agaisnt an enitre role of champs (tanks and bruisers) who all naturally counter nidalee.

as for her HP agaian your are hurting nidalee where she is already weak. nidalee DOES NOT build defense she is VERY squishy, so now it takes 1.5 shot to kill her instead of 2? yes its a nerf and yes it makes a difference. but again it doesn address what people dont like about her. and why is that?

becuase YOU CANT address what people dont like about her becuase SHE IS BALANCED.

overall the biggest issue i have with the nerfs isn't the nerfs themselves. its that every nidalee player went out of their way to try to prove nidalee isnt op buy posting ALL her counters in public chat. and that AFTER EVERYONE knows how to beat her THEN you nerf her.

i can almost 100% guareentee that myself and other tryign to defend nidalee by posting her weakness and that people actaully LISTENING to learn how to beat her is WHY nidalee is losing games now.

becuase riot.. your little hate taps to nids skill hurt yes.. but they dont hurt as much as the knowlege i gave my oppoents in the form of info of exactly how to counter her.

so i dont really know who im mad at.. im mad at riot for nerfing her. but i think im more mad at myself for TRYING to prevent nerfs and doing more damage to nidalee buy telling everyone her weakness than you ever were willing to do to her via nerfs

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