I was in an argument over which champion takes more skills to master and play. Naturally, after the argument was broken up without any sides being able to make their point, I have taken it into the community to decide. So if you guys would comment below with which champion you believe is harder to play/master and the reasons why, I would gladly appreciate it. Thank you.
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AD scaling shield, 4 dashes (if used at once ~5ish sec down-time after 1/2 items or no downtime if used within a 3-5 sec window), 1 aoe execute, 1 aoe stun, great clear
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heal, extremely safe, 1 execute, 1 hurp derp long ass harass, 1 crazy long ass gap closer 5 sec base cd, no need to face check, maybe mana-gated if you're super bad, great clear
Harder? Both? Their skill floor are both pretty damn ass low. skill cap for any champ is hypothetically infinite.
To help you decide: if you're ok learning matchups go , otherwise for safety
I've considered myself both a Nidalee 'main' and a Riven 'main' at different points. Currently I feel I'm the latter.
From my experience with both champions this is my 2 cents:
Before nerfs, AD Nidalee was very easy to play. However, if you fell behind you were useless (much like Riven) Riven on the other hand is very difficult to play, and if you fall behind you are useless.
Now concerning AP Nidalee I would say she is very difficult to lane with. Possibly moreso than Riven. As Riven the onus is on you to make plays and snowball, but you have enough tools to do that with consistency if you practice. As AP Nidalee you are essentially relegated to a spearbot unless you can get an early kill, at which point you can do enough damage to be an assassin in the mid game. The nice thing about Nidalee is that you always have that 'spearbot' fall back, but I would say her laning and early game is more difficult as a payoff for that.
Overall I think Riven is more difficult. Her teamfights take a lot of knowledge and mechanical skill, and her laning phase is pretty tough due to low sustain and the prevalence of bully champions in top lane. Nidalee has a tougher lane as AP, but win or lose lane she will be useful unlike Riven, and her teamfight is significantly easier to execute.
both are pretty easy begginer champions, but in the end i would say probobly riven
Both are incredibly easy, but if I had to chose, I'd say Nidalee is harder.
At least you need to hit that skillshot to get you going, while Riven you can just aim your cursor in the general direction of the enemy and then mash QWER buttons - and yes, there is a big possibility that you will win that trade or even get a kill.
Mind you - I am talking about skill-floor. This doesn't hold true for any higher level of play.
