Talk:Nidalee/@comment-58.172.169.216-20120312102135/@comment-50.44.15.7-20120314034655

I have NEVER seen the appeal in AD-carry Nidalee compared to any other ranged AD Carry. Free wards I guess?

Tristana has a GREAT escape and shove. Later, she wins all battles via range alone. Vayne has Dodge, Shove and incredible damage output past level 5. Mercifully, she's among the squishiest of the squishies in the game. Caitlyn has the Net of Denial, reach, and traps (she's ironically most comparable to Nidalee in that manner, but the traps are more annoying than dangerous). Sivir cockblocks your harass spells entirely. BRUTAL early game if she's any good.

I've faced a number of Nidalees on top. She has never scared me. No CC, point-blank-burst means little when you're a squishy target. Get stunned once, your life is over. Her traps are the only thing I have to be mindful of; those are legitimately life-ending if the Nidalee signals her friends whenever you step on one (only the best manage to keep watch via them though).

I can imagine she's extremely good at higher levels of play where your team initiates for you, because her furform combo IS brutally powerful when it's allowed to connect. But without that, she is either helpless, stuck running either Spear-Bot or Meta-golem, both of which can be played around on most champs. I played AD Nidalee for a while before migrating to Tristana since I was not sure if I could tolerate another crippling nerf to one of my favorite old champs.

AP Nidalee is Spear-Bot. You snipe, if you hit, you win. Otherwise you're completely fucking useless. I've had endless fun as Sivir playing Catch with her spears though. Good times.