Talk:Nidalee/@comment-5266525-20131107235456/@comment-8506165-20131110211141

The whole concept of "poke" has been a balance problem for a while now, and Riot have said as much. It's by definition a strategy with little counterplay as the definition of poke is "put out free damage whilst not exposing yourself to counterattack".

Nidalee is especially problematic because of her mix of:

a) an obscenely damaging poke - almost undoubtedly the highest in the game.

b) very good escapes contained within her kit that make it difficult to engage her on your terms

c) a sustain ability meaning that even if you're someone with sufficient range to trade pokes with her, she will win

As it is her entire kit (as AP) revolves around such non-interactive strategies I remain of the view that she just needs a rework to be unproblematic. Either that or she needs to be nerfed until Riot have resolved the problem of poke being too strong.