User blog comment:Raknut/My Nidalee rework- v1.0/@comment-9705522-20140526203524

Alright then, lets talk about about this. Good things first: a kill-based heal is better in terms of counterplay. If you catch her and burst her down, this heal wont do much. The heal value is enough to give good sustain, but not too much. Pounce is no longer a brainless "get ouf of jail free card herp-derp" spell. Unsure about the cc, but i think its alright. I like the active on her e. Also, no damage traps makes them more utility based and less of a "teemo shroom 2.0", which is another thing i like.

Now as far as fixing problematic parts of her kit, this rework does a pretty good job. If this rework would also include completely fixing nidalees q to remove all bugs (unlikely, but a man can dream), it would be really good for that.

Now the problem comes in however. The rework, based on pure numbers .... seems undertuned. Ad is much better off however. Also, this gives a confusing identity. What is nidalee? A sniper? Someone who goes in to autoattack to death with her e? Someone who hunts? Its a bit muddy. The problem is that now she has 1 ranged damage spell (with w dealing no damage), and that one is weaker than our current version. Her melee form is alright, but when you build ap, you are too squishy to go in.

On top of that, Nidalees playstyle will be the same, just a lot weaker. Its still "chuck spears all day when ap" and "pounce around and deal high burst damage when ad". Except weaker. This leads to the big problem of "why would i pick Nidalee?". What does Nidalee bring to the table? With her heal gone she lacks that. Her q poke isnt bad, but now she is outclassed by AP Ezreal (Lichs bane proc on q). Her utility is mediocre at best, especially when she is mid. She brings a trap that can shred a bit of mr and slow, but thats it. An Attack speed bonus that isnt even a particularly powerful one. Alright poke that, however, is outclassed now. And her cougarform which is unimpressive when AP.

Even as a support im afraid this Nidalee wouldnt work. However, this is because of the problem of trying to remove the problematic part without removing the actual skills. It doesnt work. Personally, id go for a full rework. Scrap the spells and create new ones. Keep some of the general ideas and make somethign new out of it.