User blog comment:Contractas1/Nidalee - Mistake or Miracle?/@comment-5845264-20131103202536

The main problem here is that half of the users are going to be QQing because they don't know how to dodge spears,and the other half play her so they think she's fine.

Two things.

1: AD Nidalee cannot chunk people with spears. Yes, they deal damage, but when you have 0 ap they really don't hurt much unless your completly ignore mresist. Also, ad nidallee has weak heals (the heal itself is weak, not the spell), and lower Cougar damage on everything but takedown.

2: AP Nidalee, which many of you are familiar with, relies on opponents not dodging spears. She has miserable teamfight contribution, just a spear every 6 or so seconds, and a heal every 8. No one builds AP Nid tanky enough for her to utilize her cougar form nukes, and without that she'll just explode.

There is no problem with a highly mobile, vison granting pusher. Without either of the previous aspects she would be unable to safely push, and her pre-six laning is like playing half of a champion.