Talk:Nidalee/@comment-65.49.14.59-20120507125158

ive been level 30 for around 5months with 740 wins and unranked. call me noob yeah whatever but i honestly think nidalee needs a buff. she was the first character that i bought back in june 2011 and goddamn she was awesome. i was level 13 at that time and 3150 was a lot to spend but eash point was worth it. i have been playing nidalee for nearly a year now and i consider myself to main nidalee. when she was nerfed in september (i think?) it really really hurt her. i mean yeah spear was slightly buffed but that heal ratio was nerfed SO much. nidalee has slight presence late game, to heal/buff greatly and to win standoffs, i didnt think it was much but i thought it was enough, but NOW she only has the poke presence and attack speed bonus. her heal feel so much weaker and the attack speed buff is the only reason to use it. as much as i like to play nidalee i think that she is underpowered. even though her spears are insanely strong, it becomes rather useless after mid game. i think nidalee is awesome early to mid game but her scaling is terrible. if you would cougar in then you are denying your carry that buff and also not doing much damage and also dying. if you were just to throw spears every time it comes up, then you are not doing much. a teamfight generally lasts for 10 seconds and then it becomes pickoffs. if the pickoffs are in your favour then nidalee is great for it, but if it doesnt then you become useless throughout the whole fight.

tl:dr i think nidalee needs to be buffed slightly and here are my suggestions.

cougar form increase the armour and magic resistance to 10/22.5/35. cooldown 5/4/3 seconds.

pounce: from 125/175/225+(0.4 ability power) to 110/180/250+ (0.5 ability power). change pounce from facing position to where mouse is.

primal surge: mana cost reduced from 60/80/100/120/140 to 40/50/70/100/140.

i believe that these buffs would balance nidalee out a lot. reducing early level burst for higher leveld burst with better scaling means that she would not be too strong once she gets cougar but able to deal decent damage and does more damage and have more survivability late game. the mana cost reduction is there to stop people who max E first going OOM too fast but also keeping it at amoderate cost. i hope you guys would read this and give me suggestions, comments on whats wrong and whats right with it. IM LOOKING AT YOU SAGEE PRIME.

ps. i hate AD nidalee because playing AD nidalee is completely different to how she is meant to be played as; a fun and versatile champion.

Quest~