User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Nerf Worthy Champs + Your Thoughts/@comment-8506165-20130704011138/@comment-4022742-20130704134458

My statement that nidalee has no other damage spells then her spear still holds true, the trap has trigger time so anyone that walks into it is just plain hetp-a-derp. It's a scout and guirilla tactics tool at best.

Her 2.5 times damage amp on her spear is a direct result of that, it's a compensating damage spike to mask her lack of any other damage source pre-6.

The way she's mainly getting played is as a long distance spear chucker that can chunk healthbars without even getting in danger at all. This is 80% of the nid players out there and it takes a skill cap of having eyes and getting used to travel speed, which you will know in about 5 games.

This is exactly why she is broken, her spear is stupidly strong and gets the most attention out of the entire kit she has. If it would get nerfed nida would drop to 'only fans play her anymore' tier

I've played over 100 games as nidalee and I've played against her even more. I know what I,m talking about, I also know that using her full kit takes quite some skill, but for now all we get is spear chuckers abusing a broken skill.