Talk:Nidalee/@comment-20434720-20140321235629

Has anyone ever looked at Nidalee's ult/cougar form more like an actual 4th ability and thought.... how is this balanced?

R: Aspect of the Cougar:

No mana cost, 4 sec cooldown.

Deals 275/400/525 (+1.0 AP) magic damage in an AOE to units around Nidalee and from 40/70/100(+1.0 AD) to 120/210/300(+3.0 AD) physical damage to a single target, and also dashes forward ~ 375 units.

Total damage (minimum): 315/470/625 (+1.0 AP) (+1.0 AD)

Total damage (maximum): 395/610/825 (+1.0 AP) (+ 3.0 AD)

Can anyone name a champion whose ult does that much damage and is on a sub-20-second cooldown?

I mean with an ult like that, who needs basic abilities? A nidalee with 500 AP at rank 3 ult will do ~ 1425 damage (minimum). On a 4 second cooldown.

Now granted it doesn't actually work exactly like that. One can make the argument that they're *individual* abilities, not just one, and they have their own cooldowns... but seeing as with any CDR, they're all as low as the ult itself, it really doesn't matter. In fact, making that argument only highlights the strength of it - it would be like separating Malphite's ultimate's AOE knockup and dash components into two ultimates. Only strengthens it.

Would anyone like to explain Riot's reasoning here to me? The numbers just look horribly imbalanced.