User blog comment:Contractas1/Nidalee - Mistake or Miracle?/@comment-8506165-20131103210024/@comment-8506165-20131104005901

Yes. She is useless. That's why she's been a Pro Player Pick twice, because professional League players competing for really high monetary prizes never do anything like warding or buying boots and they're trash tier when it comes to dodging skillshots, so they're basically just getting free money if they play her, right?

This is exactly the kind of crap I'm talking about. You people never seem to realise that it's not that simple. Are you Diamond I? No? Because when I spectate Diamond games, Nidalee's still in those, still being ridiculously broken despite it apparently being 4v5 if she's on the team, so presumably you must be above Diamond tier if you're able to deal with her really easily no matter what.

Nidalee gets more reward out of using her kit properly than anyone else. The only "balancing factor" is people can be terrible with her, but that shouldn't be an issue that comes up when balance is being discussed. If some Wood V idiot can't get a single kill with Zed that doesn't mean he needs buffs, it means some people can't play him. When maximised? That's what balance discussions should be centred around. If one champ had an ability that instakilled turrets but it was really difficult to pull off, it'd still be broken because some people would be able to do it consistently and that'd be a massive advantage for their team. It'd need nerfing even if no-one who was bad at the game was ever able to achieve it. Right?