Talk:Nidalee/@comment-66.31.175.51-20120625223641/@comment-3323227-20120628233437

The only other champions with her short range are teemo, Graves, sivir, and Kog'Maw.

Not really sure why sivir has such short range but its better than when she had 400 range. She has poke, a spellshield, and an auto attack reset but thats about it. Her ult is more of a modest team oriented buff rather than a massive self buff and she is more mobile than vayne.

all the others ranged champs have a reason for having their short range though. Teemo has a blind and poison that makes early trades almost always in his favor although he is still crappy for a ranged AD. Graves has burst damage/poke, and a massive attackspeed boost and AOE blind.

Kog has burst, attackspeed, Armor/MR shred, and % hp damage with a huge built in attack range booster. This all makes up for his short attackrange and lack of escape.

Nidalee doesn't have the kit to stand up to an equally fed Ranged AD. Her kit doesn't scale with a ranged AD build at all. despite Q having AD scaling based on hp it bugs with crit and requires you to be in dangerous melee range. her heal causes her to lose at least 1 auto attack in an exchange which is fine early but very punishing later on. She is only mobile around brush and if she is in her ult it is better for running or chasing a single target rather than fighting in team fights.

Nidalee's burst falls off no matter how you build her which is why she is dominantly built as a bruiser atm. Her poke is only good with a poke/kite comp against teams that lack mobility and initiation.

I really wish morello had went along with giving her hybrid scaling since she is a mixed damage dealer anyway but they never did. I'm tired of playing bruiser Nid because AP Nidalee can't do anything without a complete perfect setup where you have a poke/kite comp and the enemy team lacks initiation and sustain.