Response to @Riot August tweet about midalee ( short and detailed)
These are my thoughts about lane nidalee.
Nidalee has a few problems as a laner.
I love nidalee and I bet you could tell that by my ign. Lately she just feels meh and I decided to play different champions tho I feel because of my experience with the champion i have some say into this matter.
- She doesnt have a damage ult, her ult allows her to form swap but thats it. Her ult is not a combat ult which means that needs to get covered by a good pre 6 aka lane bully but when she's an effecient early game mid laner automatically means her early game as a jungler got buffed to.
- She is to squishy. This counts for old Nidalee too, however old Nidalee had a way of bypassing this weakness (q spam) hence why her most difficult match ups were kassa/ahri they had multiple ways of getting into her face.
- Lack of identity. It used to be this 1 spell nuke champ but obviously zoe has taken that place. So what exactly is her identity in mid lane? heal machine? damage? siege?
- Lack of counterplay. In a situation that midalee returns and gets ahead probably means that when u get hit by a spear you are either dead or almost dead combine that with the fact that nidalee can move around the map quickly....
Solutions.
Nidalee's W is very and I mean very unsatisfying for us nidalee players. It cant even kill the smallest kruggs (less then 50 dmg). Tweeks/rework so its good both mid and jungle would be welcomed
for those who are wondering Bushwack 10/20/30/40/50(+5% ap)
5% ap ratio....
Passive: her passive increases her take down (cougar Q) dmg by 40% and refunds 40/50/60/70% of pounce's cooldown (cougar W) but why doesnt it do anything for her E or R its like someone forgot to finish it. Like for example Hunted enemy champions deal 10% less dmg when hit by swipe (cougar E) which makes her less squishy. It also wouldnt effect her jungling 1 v 1 potential since they would have to get hit by her q and nidalee is inherently super squishy so the damage reduction isnt as potent as it would be on the likes of shyvanna/xin.
Few seasons ago nidalee's q dmg got changed from Nidalee ------ spear distane = calculated dmg to Nidalee throws spear fixed dmg. it was pretty well known strategy to throw a spear and pounce back to increase the dmg. Would be nice looking into it again
Her identity should be a utility mage if she became a mid laner if you ask me. Prime example is kalista with her W and E on monsters ( lots of ultility). Should would require some tweeks tho especially on her W.
things that sound crazy but might be worth trying out
her heal + as increase turns into heal + ap increase
Her W does % of current health dmg
Her q cooldown is lowered by 1 sec if she kills an enemy target.
Those were my thoughts about Midalee
Tell me what u think about it
Ps: there has been a very annoying nidalee bug for quite awhile now https://www.reddit.com/r/NidaleeMains/comments/86f8jd/flash_max_range_pounce_on_nidalee_is_super/ U can see the extended range/haunted mark but when u press W it gives the normal pounce which fuks the cooldown refund pretty fuking hard
