Nidalee patch notes proves riot plays favorites

MarshallBananna·3/25/2015, 2:42:35 PM·8 votes·1,217 views

It blatantly states they are more than happy to hold off nerfs for specific champions their poster childs and "wait it out", yet they are more than willing to pile up 3-4 simultaneous nerfs on some champs they don't like.

Here, they say "Yeah, Nidalee is problematic, but since we are buffing tanks well wait and see".

Meanwhile

"Even though we are nerfing mana regen across the board in S5, nerfing item 3174 , and removing DFG from the game, instead of waiting it out and see how it develops, we are going to nerf both Syndra 's Q and EQ stun radius. I'm sure she'll be fine"

or

"Even though we are nerfing mana regen across the board in S5, and nerfing item 3174 , we are going to hit Azir 's Q damage, W range and W damage to turrets, all at once, instead of giving him one nerf and see how it plays out. I'm sure he'll be fine"

27 Comments

Tsugaga3/25/2015, 2:50:41 PM3 votes

Nidalee has been being played as mostly jungle, so she's being viewed as a jungler. Nidalee wasn't nerfed because tankier junglers may be able to deal with her now and she might not be as problematic. You can't compare her to mid laners who got nerfed.

Poptart Evelynn3/25/2015, 3:00:29 PM2 votes

I think everyone is misunderstanding the point of it. The meta is shifting towards tanks and nid is rough to play vs tank meta. They believe the meta shift will balance her out.

Edit - You do realize that the nerf to athenes was to open up itemization viability right?

Icy Auron3/25/2015, 2:58:38 PM1 votes

I'd also like to point out that Riot doesn't even pretend to give a shit about TT. Orb of Winter suddenly builds out of Negatron Cloak, while Moonflair Spellblade, which actually used to use it, still doesn't have it back. Van Damm's still gives 25% crit chance, while IE was reduced to 20% long ago. Twin Shadows costs 100 gold less in 3s because of the change to the cost of Aether Wisp. They just never thought to increase the cost of the 3s version of Twin Shadows. The fact that they even removed BFT when they got rid of DFG is nothing short of a miracle. I'm honestly about to stop playing all together. Between the awful community, and Riot flat out refusing to do anything to fix problems until they've been a problem for three seasons at a minimum (Fizz).

Thefriendlyorc3/25/2015, 3:07:16 PM1 votes

Meanwhile sion getting kneecapped every patch on the 'buff barge' =/

Acidic Puddle3/25/2015, 3:12:27 PM1 votes

Did you even watch the fucking patch rundown. They gave a great reason for not doing anything to nidalee. Your point is completely invalid and I don't want to hear it...

OperationDEEZ13/25/2015, 3:52:13 PM1 votes

Did you read the reason? Nid's counters have been buffed. Hard engage has been buffed.

Skia Asteri3/25/2015, 5:19:17 PM1 votes

Hard to care about someone's opinion on balance when they are posting on a level seven account.

See worst match ups at: http://champion.gg/champion/Nidalee/Jungle

Currently for the patch 5.5 stats the top 10 in order from worse to not as terrible are:

Skarner Nunu Shaco Rammus Hecarim Amumu Warwick Khazix Sejuani Nautilus

6/10 build have item 3725 as part of their most popular build. So it would seem the rise of tank junglers really is bad for her.

177A Bleecker St3/25/2015, 2:57:59 PM1 votes

they nerg elise but cant nerf katarina the better version of zed with point clicks and no skill shots