NIdalee Still a problem in lane.

So Today I decided to play a few matches (normal's to get my aim back) and found that Nid can still 1 shot people and be very oppressive. is stupidly overpowering her spear and her Cougar form ability.

To put into context, I was against an Arhi (got sort of abused early by her Q movespeed), had a bit of trouble early but came back at the end being able to almost 1 shot the Enemy Caitlyn with 1 Spear and Ludents proc. Next game got even worse for the enemy (as I think i found my aim again). This time it was a Fizz. Before level 2 I was able to 1/2 Hp the fizz with 1 spear. Level 2 came around and I was able to Q E Q and get early first blood. Then Fizz came back to "finish" me off, but my jungler was there to stop him for me to Max range Q into Cougar W Q combo. That was all the game was.

Both games had the same outcome. A win, but both showed me that Nid still needs a hit to Q in terms of Damage. Yes it costs a good amount, but with Mana management, you can easily come out ahead in most situations. Except when they pile 3 ults all having a form of CC on them. Then, yeah you are pretty boned.

Here's why I think this based off 2 games in Silver/Gold MMR. 1st, Nid can be very agressive but be able to stay out of range of harm. Her spear has enough damage early on to make the opponent have to back off a bit or play defensively. 2nd Her cougar form is stupidly strong. W reset on Minion kill, on top of low Cooldowns on Q/E, makes it very easy to farm post-level 4. (My Path is Q > E > Q > W FYI). Her heal, all be it, not what it used to be, is still very good. Without a whole lot of AP (47) her E can heal for a lot. The only thing that isn't all that great is her Human W, which to me is just to deture others from Odd gank paths.

So how do you Tone her down without making her into the next Poppy/Elise?

Simple Tone down her Scaling, and reduce the Length of her Q (which I personally feel would bring her in line with being balanced).

The only reason I don't think she's played as often in LCS/LCK is because she fell out of being FOTM. She sits close to 50% win rate in ranked (team and Solo), About 45% in Normals, And there isn;t stat;s for Aram (sorry). So it's not like she is terrible in any way, it's just people forgot about her and went for more Upfront point-click burst instead of Skill-shot Burst.

So is she a problem? IMO yes. Does she need a slight nerf? Of course. Will it piss people off? I would hope so.