Talk:Nidalee/@comment-3323227-20130823183700/@comment-7460908-20130828135654

I agree with much of what you have said. Human form Nidalee lacks cohesion, and just a general sense of impact; you're little more than a spear-bot. Cougar form Nidalee has a much better feel to it, but it still needs some touching up to make it more usable. Her kit is overall thematically cohesive (jungle woman/predator) but her playstyle doesn't reflect that all too well.

Now, for feedback on your rework proposal. Overall, I like a lot of the changes you have in mind, but there are a few points I want to make.

It seems like you're giving Nid a lot of power with ability passives. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if she would have two active abilities with built-in passives, she would be the only champion in the game with that level of power (aside from Udyr and Sona who are exceptions because they use the stance mechanic). I think the Enchanted Javelins' on-hit component is a terrific compliment to her attack speed buff, and I like how Bushwhack's offensive component is made more usable, but I feel like having both of them is too much. This is essentially giving Nidalee 3 passives.

Speaking of passives, I like the idea of her passive starting at a lower percent and then ramping up, as if she's gaining momentum or something, but the numbers might have to be tweaked a little. Most champions have trouble keeping pace with Cougar Nidalee as is; having to hit her once to make her go down to 16% MS bonus (if I understand how your passive works, which I'm not sure I did) doesn't seem like it would do much.

The changes to her Cougar form are a nice touch. The Swipe change will make her less bursty and give her strong sustained damage as well, and the split scalings on all of her skills are a nice touch as well.

If there was one more thing personally I'd like to see on Nidalee's kit, and this is more of wishful thinking than anything, but I personally think it would be awesome if Pounce's range and/or damage scaled with Nidalee's bonus movespeed. Just for fun. :D

Keep up the good work, man.