Talk:Nidalee/TFT/@comment-4091261-20190717204526

is the most level dependent of the low cost hyper carries. She relies exclusively on extending the duration of a fight to enter her superior cougar form as well as healing. As such, she synergizes highly with time based items. The two most notable items being and.
 * is a goto item for DPS due to her initial state being ranged. This allows her to get relatively safe autoattacks in before reaching her melee cougar form.
 * may be chance based, but it's main advantage over Guinsoo's Rageblade is that stuns do not mitigate its strength due to being strictly time based.

Her biggest weakness is being both squishy and dependant on level promotion for her strength. If she is assassinated, her power will be cut off before she can even reach cougar form. Thus items such as and  works well to mitigate this weakness.
 * strictly focuses on minimizing the threat assassins make. While it is rigidly focused, being her greatest pitfall makes it a worthy investment if even a single assassin exists.
 * allows her to sit in the same spot while attacking people at the start of the match. This serves as a counter to one of the most pesky assassins: . Not only that, the fact that it guarantees her attacks pairs well with since  will shut that item down hardcore.
 * Currently there is also a useful bug where even when entering cougar form, she maintains the long range of human form. Thus, slaps people in cougar form from miles away.