Talk:Nidalee/@comment-94.172.19.195-20111110180306/@comment-3323227-20111111212307

Its sad when a champion is so far down the hole that they have to rely on the metagolem just to have any significance. The only strength that build regards for Nidalee is that she is able to farm it but what idiot lets you get the full meta golem build.

All in all you sacrifice pretty much Nidalee entire kit just so you can be a meaty auto attack champion with mediocre damage but also hard to kill.

The only abilities that scale with this type of build are as follows and I will explain them:

Primal Surge: Gives a nice attackspeed boost and well if you are going tanky AD the heal is pretty much useless. On the other hand the attackspeed boost isn't that great either because it costs more mana than most ultimates and you lose dps casting it so it isn't an optimal dps ability. The mana cost nerfs were utterly stupid if they ever intended it to be used offensively.

Bushwhack: While they have a some ok utility all they are really good for now is the armor and MR shred. They've lost more than half their utility and are almost useless now except for the few moments that an enemy trips them in battle and loses allot of damage reduction but all in all it is a chance skill that is 100% avoidable.

Takedown: This ability scales off ad based on how low the enemy is on hp. It is meant for an execute and will not be very good for upfront damage and only good for the last hit when the champion should be dying anyway. This ability synergizes with AD but not the metagolem because it itemizes crit it is bad since crit breaks takedown.

All you end up having is a beefy ranged/melee carry without any kind of design suited for it. You would be 100% more effective tossing this on a real ranged or melee carry like trist or GP so what is the point in playing Nidalee period anymore.