Nidalee Nerf

GrantAce·9/23/2013, 4:37:30 AM·3 votes·1,370 views

I really think that Nidalee needs to have some of her abilities toned down a little. Her abilities while in human form include a long-range, high damage ability as well as a heal/buff. This means that she can basically just "poke" you once with the spear (especially at later levels) and then charge in to kill you, or let one of her teammates do the same with bonus attack speed and full health. Then, of course, there is the whole Aspect of the Cougar thing, which lets her become a fast paced death machine right after knocking out half of your health in one hit. I really don't see how you are supposed to counter or play against Nidalee. Her stats aren't that low and her abilities, particularly Javelin Toss, don't have that long of a cooldown or cost and even if they did they are just way to powerful to work against. I think a good solution for Javelin Toss would be to either remove the range to damage ratio or significantly lower the damage output, since most Nidalee players of even mediocre skill can accurately gauge the distance that will hit for max damage. I understand that this is one of the core aspects that makes Nidalee a unique champion, but I think it has been overdone. Thank you to everyone who reads this article. :)

9 Comments

LilYonsan9/23/2013, 5:29:03 AM4 votes

You know, while I realize that her spears do a tremendous amount of damage, you have to take the rest of her kit in perspective with this. A lot of mid champions do incredible damage, however the difference is whether or not the champion in question has their damage spread out across all of their moves, or if it's focused on one move. Take for example Xerath, he has an ult, q and e that does damage and a w that enhances damage. That means that instead of having one move that does insane amounts of damage, he has several that do insane amounts of damage. Looking at Nidalee, her human kit is a little bit lopsided. It's success depends solely on if you can land a spear. Sure you can jump in with cougar, but good luck surviving as the squishy mid champion that you are har har har. There are also many different counters to her spears. Such as banshee's veil, spirit visage, tons of health. These things will make it so a spear will still hurt, but it won't hurt as much.

tl;dr: her kit evens out how much damage that spear does.

Plunk Senpai9/23/2013, 10:46:25 AM4 votes

Nidalee has a very weak laning phase, and is generally a mid champion. So in response to a Nidalee pick I would go for an aggressive mid lane champion that dominates laning phase. This allows you to take an early advantage by forcing her off lane, out farming her and easily killing her when she makes the wrong move. An issue that some people have with this strategy is the fear of the jungler camping you because of your counter pick.

These are the steps I would take to control a Nidalee: Counter Pick (my favorite is Talon) ward up, play aggressive and push a lot. Make sure she can't leave lane without you taking the turret.

What I'm trying to get at is: Your description of Nidalee is when she is Fed. So instead of nerfing Nidalee, you should learn to beat Nidalee.

LuCfer9/24/2013, 1:21:08 AM2 votes

Nid only prevail on cowards, her kit is meant to prevent the turret huging that can make a game boring, the farther u stay from her the higher the damage u take, if u keep playing agressive on her not letting her poke u she is no issue.

FiendishNinja9/23/2013, 8:21:32 PM1 votes

I feel you bro. I hate v. Nidalee too. My only problem happens to be the javelin toss however. I don't mind anything else in her kit. Sure her skills are annoying, but the javelin toss is the only one that really seems too powerful to me. Sure, dodge the javelin and everything's fine. But she can pretty much just stand there and keep throwing them, and if you're hit by one it deals hella damage. I just think the damage on the spear needs to go down a little. Not a lot. Nid is pretty much fine the way she is, there is no need to seriously nerf her. Just lower the minimum base magic damage to 200 or 210 and the +65% ap to +50 or something. That would make me very happy. Reduce the mana cost a little so it's not too bad also. I honestly would love something like this, but again, Nid is pretty much just fine the way she is. Just my thoughts.

jhonathan9510/30/2013, 8:45:35 PM1 votes

dont ever nerf nidalee i wont play lol anymore if htat happnes