User blog comment:Contractas1/Nidalee - Mistake or Miracle?/@comment-13536822-20131103194154/@comment-2112140-20131104211408

Interesting opinion.

Skilled players don't rely on Nidalee as an AP carry most of the time, they usually send her at top lane to bully the top laner and get some farm then become tanky to be more useful in teamfights. Her spear is way too unreliable and if your enemy isn't playing Catch the Spear then they have a better chance to deal with Nidalee. The huge healthswing is a very vital part, I won't disagree it does deal a huge chunk even to tanks. I don't know the kit of Rework Xerath too well but I can compare it to the current one. The current Xerath has an AoE more reliable longer range skillshot(Locus of Power on), Locus of Power grants you with innate magic pen also a minor speed boost though it doesn't matter much, Xerath also has a stun, and has long range 3 mortar shots which take out a huge chunk of your health later in the game. AP Xerath has more reliable damage while Nidalee relies on her spear to hit the enemy. Xerath has a stun and a minor speed boost, also his positioning should allow him to be safe wherever he may be and if he's in trouble he has innate bonus armor, a somewhat useful MS boost, a single target stun. Malzahar has no escape but is he played much >.> He relies more on lockdown and area denial than burst damage at least in my opinion, a better example would've been Veigar who has his AoE stun as his only escape tool and obviously his ability to turn a 2v1 into a 1v1 if he can nuke that HARD. Syndra has an AoE slow a stun.