User blog comment:Fistful of Force/AP Nid top vs support/@comment-7996065-20130409124444/@comment-7843206-20130409130634

Top lane isnt about having one really good ability that if it lands you do a crapload of damage, its about smart play, and against ap nid the only smart play is to constantly harass as her only form of dmg is a high mana cost spear thats only really effective at long range. Her problem with top compared to bot is that constant aggression, a good top will just sit on nid because her only good quality early is being ad and being able to constantly poke from a safe distance. Without that AA dmg she loses the early game power that leads to her becoming powerful late game. AP was only good with her sustain and cougar form because again hitting the lucky spear is not something you can count on. Also her kit does make her harder to kill top, she has constant brushes to run through and the jumps, as long as she isnt retarded and has a ward in river and its not the whole team coming to gank they really wont catch her, but thats why to split push every1 goes ad nid as its just a better use of her skills. Unless you're a super poke comp theres really no need for ap nid outside of support which is where it shines because she can sit back and spam spears without trying to cs or taking damage