Nidalee AP or AD Top
I've been looking to play more Nidalee top and am wondering if building AP on her is now better than AD. I'd also like to know what I'd build on her now. Is she better as a bruiser or just with full damage? Thanks in advance! :)
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I believe AD is still the better option because you can push towers better, they can't just build resistances against your hybrid damage, you are more durable, and you have more sustained damage for duels.
Though, something like Trinity Force, Zhonya's Hourglass, Randuin's Omen, DFG, Banshee's Veil might work.
Most of her damage is magic damage and scales with AP, but her spear is harder to land and her cougar form is also a lot better. I think she does better building more AP than AD, but also going slightly tankier than a normal AP champ since most of her damage is dealt in close range now. It looks like now the popular thing to build is Trinity Force, a couple large AP items, and some tanky items like Randuins.
Atm I think the go to is ap.. I normally just build depending on what I'm against and if my team is lacking ap or ad
I have honestly mained nidalee ap for a long time, and its a pretty good build. FULL ap that is. I go athenes, sorcs, rabandons, lich bane and void (in any order) and then any defense item. Heavy ap can help you poke in team fights, and since the current ap buffs, you can chunk with w, e, q, in the early games, and then just runaway with a heal with your e. I just started maining toplane nidalee over mid, and the only terrible match ups I have had were darius- because when u try to hop out after a trade u get pulled, and vayne because she goes invis and i cant get the huge q damage that ap nidalee now has. The only problem is csing, because your ad is VERY low in the early games. In ap, you can literally chunk them half health with 2 spears. Just my preference.