Talk:Nidalee/@comment-31.22.193.122-20121220014854

For me, AP Nidalee is one of the most annoying champions in the game. That's because although her Damage/Difficulty ratios are average in theory (very difficult to hit, huge reward), one simple spear can bring you from 100 to 30 if you are an AD carry. So if you are put in a position when you have to choose between, let's say, a blitz grab or a nida spear, you are effectively put out of commission for the entire teamfight, cause you will be so low that a goddam sneeze from a bruiser can kill you. And coupled with her heal, a pre teamfight trade will always be in favor with the team with Nidalee. And that would be fine, IF she didn't had amazing pushing mechanics and escapes. A poke champiom, like Xerath or Jayce, should be punished by bad positioning or being caught at melee range. With Xer and Jayce this happens (neither can escape well from an enraged bruiser if they get to close, considerimg Jayce blew his cannon E to poke), but Nida can just Cougar form ahead, W away, put some distance, Human form, E, and Q. If the spear fails, the target has no chance of catching Nida, considering he had to move to the side to dodge, thus losing track, and if hits, Cougar form  W   Flash and Q will guarentee a kill 90% of the times. She has too much free shit going for her, she can kite, can barely be kited, poke, deal sustained damage (cougar form), pursue, avoid pursuing, etc. It's bullshit.

I suggest increasing the Q speed but diminishing the damage, nerfing E scalings and increase base values, nerf base values and increase scaling on Q (cougar form) and increase W cooldown/make the distance traveled diminish if she is affected by a slow.

She isn't balanced, and her new model will give her a lot of attention. All I say is my opinion will be validated next time she is picked on a tournament and dominates with the correct team comp.

It's not even the fact she is OP. She is on the very strong side, but not blatanly overpowered, like release Xin or pre-rework Jax. She is just very annoying to fight against, almost, if not as much as Teemo, and needs power compensators.