Talk:Nidalee/@comment-220.255.2.133-20110822110925/@comment-4165869-20110824012221

Not what I'd call a buff honestly. Her heal takes a massive hit in both cost, and ap scaling meaning it will be harder for her to actually stay in a lane against other champions, be it mid or top lane. Reducing the cool down and mana cost on her Q is nice, I guess, but doesn't change the fact that the spears travel pretty slowly for a skill shot. Also, not sure if it's actually true or not, but she might be losing her 10% dodge chance in return for slight Armor/MR buffs in cat form. Not the biggest deal, sure; but it always feels nice if you get a lucky 2 or three dodges against that farmed Ashe.

Also I've only ever seen Nidalee be "permabanned in ranked games" at tournaments, specifically ones where HotshotGG is playing at. In normal ranked games, banning Nidalee is more of a troll move than anything else.