Talk:Nidalee/@comment-26177260-20161224215545/@comment-30952587-20170104231416

Tl;Dr: She got nerfed, a lot of other things unrelated to her got buffed, kinda unlucky.

I am a nidalee otp and I hate to say it but she really is in the gutter right now. Krufix is right about other champs doing things better than her, if you can do one thing with nidalee, there is probably another champ which can do it better, for example, the very build you mentioned fits ivern better then nidalee, so why not just play him instead (he offers more utility, his kit way better for supporting). Champs like lee have more reliable ganks and utility as well.

Her first clear is honestly garbage, and when other junglers can come out of the jungler faster and healthier than you and therefore create more pressure, you are already at a disadvantage at the start of the game, her clear time was previously her strong point but nerfs took that away, about dying to jungle camps? if you don't know much about nidalee, it is very likely you will get executed if you try her for the first time, managing kiting camps and resets at the same time takes some practice. Sometimes when I get bad leashes, I can't do the normal jungle route because I won't have enough hp.

About fighting other junglers early? Can't do that, especially not lee, (not sure why you mentioned him, being such a strong pick) before it was a skill matchup, whoever hits Q wins, now, after his first clear (lvl 3) he can straight out fight you, him having more hp from the clear.

Could write so many more reasons (things like rylias change, CotC) but getting sad from this. Simply put, there is a reason behind her low winrate (gone up to 46% :D was 42%) FeelsBadMan.