Talk:Nidalee/@comment-90.207.175.215-20110929155711

I don't know why people still think she's bad. Have you tried tanky hybrid? Absolutely GODLIKE once you get trinity force, you can take the face off of whatever you feel like.

I've played Nidalee since her release and have messed around with LOADS of builds. So far what seems to work best for all situations is this - Masteries are flexible. Take what suits you. I take 9/21/0 because I'm going to be in the thick of the fighting constantly, turretdive often and need to be tough as I play very aggressively.

Items - Start with Doran's, get merc treads or ninja tabi, then go rageblade and sheen into Trinity force. After that choose some defensive items and another offensive item depending on what would be most useful. If you can hang around in cougar in teamfights, Ghostblade is very nice to have and will make your takedown hurt like a motherfucker. If the enemy doesn't have much AP damage flying around an Abyssal scepter will do fine for your MR defensive item and will boost your killing power. My usual builds look something like: boots - trinity force - rageblade - frozen heart - banshee's - gunblade - stark's/madred's/ghostblade (I can never decide, I usually force a surrender after trinity lol)

Give a lot of different builds a shot before you decide Nidalee is dead - I'm still carrying rankeds with her. The only thing is now, being in a duo lane will totally screw her over because you need so much more farm. Don't play her if you can't get mid or top.