Not necessarily the same playstyle, just a champ I would feel comfortable with/have fun with. I'm still progressing through the early levels and trying to learn other roles, so any champion would do. I've had my eye on Blitzcrank, but have yet to purchase him. I enjoy playing Ahri and Jayce occasionally. I figure it will be tough to find a champion as fun as I find Nid to be, but all suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance for any and all replies.
Jayce and Elise are the other ranged-to-melee transformers, so they probably play the closest to Nidalee.
It might help if you outlined what you like about Nid.
That would probably be helpful. Where the long range spear is pretty satisfying, it's more about her versatility. She can hit a spear and jump in the fray, poke at range, support with her heal and help bring down turrets, her mobility/wall jumping (why I enjoy ahri), ganking potential, freely warding with traps etc. It just seems she can mold well to a lot of situations. I think the meta is currently Jungle, but her versatility is awesome.
