User blog comment:ClariS/Nidalee & Unhealthy State/@comment-9533487-20140420032318

You may not realize it yourself, but you're essentially complaining that Nidalee's kit is unhealthy for the same reason that any champion with safe damage is unhealthy.

That aside, let's address what AP Nidalee's kit does and doesn't provide other than a good seige/counterseige (and the counterseige part only in situations where your team is-safe-to/has waveclear).

AP Nidalee's kit would provide some vision in possibly unwarded areas if the enemy steps on W, possible negating of stats during teamfights due to the same skill, it would provide some bonus stats in the form of hp and attack speed once during fights, maybe twice in special situations.

AP Nidalee's kit wouldn't provide safe waveclear, it wouldn't give any way of locking down opponents to save teammates or create picks, it wouldn't provide safe and reliable damage during teamfights.

What does this mean? This means Nidalee as a champion is centered around the player's skill in landing skillshots, their team's strategy, and the opponents counter strategy. Your opponents shouldn't be giving you potshots at them by holing up around their turrets. They should be taking advantage of your lack in waveclear or ability to hit them behind creeps by forcing your turrets down. On the other hand, assume your team is smart and picks some champ with godlike waveclear of their own. You get to seige now unless the enemy has hard engage, in which case your chances aren't good of getting enough poke off to matter. The team vs the Nidalee could also choose to have someone splitpush; Nidalee isn't necessarily such a god at seiging that her team can take a turret 5v4 before someone pushing alone could.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO PICK ANY SPECIFIC CHAMPIONS TO DO THESE THINGS. It's also not like it doesnt matter--it does, but no more than it matters for most any other champ.