Talk:Nidalee/@comment-8100976-20140324184022

People complain about Teemo being toxic, I'll agree his shrooms can be frustrating and obnoxious, but honestly when you talk about game health nothing really quite adds up to Nidalee. She experiences everything the devs talk about for being unhealthy game-balance wise:

Strong Feast/Famine

Little Counter-play

Non-interactive Laning

When I see someone pull Nid out I'm not worried about outplaying them, out positioning them, or even out farming them. Its not Zed where you can read his all in patterns, its not Kat where you can CC her damage, its not Gragas who is likely to expose himself to a well-timed gank, its not even Teemo's shrooms where you can guess at where they will be.

Chuck Spear

Hit = Yes/No?

Repeat, wait for kill or enemy to base; base with gold or push lane. If pushed, cat form wave clear.

She's not unkillable, but the amount of resources it takes to kill her is often ludacriously high. She's not impossible to counter, but she is boring to play against. She's not over-powered her power is basically all in one skill. If I wanted more excitement than playing against a Nidalee lane I'd go do a Sudoku.

To end my erstwhile rant, there is no way I can see Nidalee's kit as is being kept through any rework. If Nidalee was released today she would be regarded as one of the most egregious champions designed by Riot and likely 'Olaf'-ed.