User blog comment:Sagee Prime/Nidalee balance needs to go in another direction/@comment-24057740-20150429154157

I hate to say it, but nidalee is fine because of a really high skill cap. You have amazing damage great tools with crazy mobility but it comes with the cost of reliability. Even when your earlygame is less stressfull, because you only have to deal with the jungle, when all you can do lategame is toss a spear sometimes it doesn't cut it. You have to know when to go in during a teamfight, you need to know all walls, were you can hope over you need good trap placement. Last but not least you need to hit with your spears and you need to hit them reliable.

Nidalee has already a hard time in the jungle during her first clear (have you ever tried it without runes?). Her earlygame power is crazy but at the moment it's all she've got. She falls off hard at the lategame, and when tanks run rampage, its even more risky to play an early game champion.