User blog comment:Contractas1/Nidalee - Mistake or Miracle?/@comment-8506165-20131103210024/@comment-7382277-20131104033139

Nidalee is not trash-tier, never have I heard anyone call her that. Nidalee needs the right composition because: a) you lose a tanky champion in  top, meaning your jungle or your support need to be tanky; b) she doesnt feels complete before lvl 6, she has no escape is squishy and her cure won't save you from getting ganked; c)Her damage comes from Q, wich must not be spammed like an idiot early or you will be bleeding for help because you have no mana; D) an spear from really afar can be easily stopped by staying behind minions;E) Assasins and bursty champs can shut her down quite fairly (many times have I lost and won because top nid lost against Zed, Riven and who knows what else).F) she needs to position herself to use her spears properly, which allows her enemy to position himself if he knows where she is.

BTW, her cure has high scale because it only gives AS. The other cures have a side effect that helps the teammate no matter what role they are but giving AS to a burst mage wont do anything.

Its true that the dodge spears and she is useless is too exagerated. A person wont be dodging every spear, especially if it comes from the fog of war, but it doesnt means it has no cons.

She is not useless, but i do not see her as Broken nor OP.