User blog comment:FluffyPonies/Nidalee Support Discussion/@comment-5035765-20140826204024/@comment-24057740-20140827123527

Nidalee is no support. It's a assasinn with a heal + trap in her kit...

Why Nida was picked as support before the change:

- Heal with AS Buff (Sustain)

- Traps that gives vision and shreds resists (Free Semi Wards)

- Spears, that hit like a truck.

You had no trinket so you need to buy wards at the start of the game as support. Because of nida's traps, people doesn't pick up wards at the beginn of the match. Dorans ring gives your more AP + you didn't pick goldreg you picked AP instead. You didn't skill utility u skilled dmg. What does this things do? Hit a few spears: You win lane. If you don't hit with them or the jungler camps your lane, be proud you have lost the game for your team. If you don't get kills you had no money. The enemy support was usefull without money. It was always a feast an famine strategy.

What happend with the support and nida changes.

- Heal got nerfed

- Spears got nerfed

- Free wards for everyone (trinkets)

- More options for suport items

You see. Everything that made support nida strong got nerfed. The free Vision was given the everyone in form of trinkets. The upside of Dorans Ring instead of only manareg + wards and pots is lost, because support have there own item's that gives stats right from the start. There is NO point in playing nida as support anymore. Even Bruisers are stronger supports than nida (Xin / Jarvan) because they can jump on the enemy more reliable and are just a ball of stats early.

If you pick nida as support now you be a "TOTAL troll asshole"

Pick someone like Velkoz/Xerath as support if you don't want to support. They are more usefull at lategame teamfights and still feal like mages even in the support role.