User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/Stop Telling Me What to Build, Thanks/@comment-18521310-20131013071951/@comment-1330314-20131013081753

Nidalee's an amazing champion, but I think the reason she gets so much hate (and somewhat justifiably) is because so many people pick her as a support and don't support at all. I've lost count of the games where someone on our team gets last pick, chooses support Nidalee (with instead of, obviously), starts with  + 2  , builds raw AP and never wards.

Thing is, Nid can be a great support, but only if the person playing her can land her spears more than 50% of the time (which is unfortunately rare). Even as a support she does rely on AP to stay good, but most players take that as an excuse not to buy support items at all. Essentially, most people play her as a second mid laner in bot lane, to the point of starving their carries of kills and farm even if they do well.