Nidalee/Trivia

General

 * Nidalee was the first of eight champions to have more than 4 abilities (the others being, , , , , , and ).
 * Nidalee,, , , and are the only champions to be both  and.
 * Nidalee is one of a few champions to have multiple textures in per skin (one for human form and another matching one for cougar).
 * Nidalee was the first champion to feature a transformation ability (the others being, , and ).
 * Nidalee has four running animations (human run, human brush sprint, cougar run, cougar brush sprint).
 * was the first ability to feature a static cooldown (was removed in V1.0.0.124).
 * Nidalee has a hidden passive called 'On the Prowl' (referencing ) which grants nearby lower-leveled allied champions 5 experience every 5 seconds.
 * A maximum-range has the second-highest damage of any single-targeted basic ability in-game (only surpassed by a fully-channeled ) and higher damage than many ultimate abilities.
 * Nidalee was deemed overpowered/obnoxious in the Ultra Rapid Fire game mode (2014 edition) and was ultimately disabled in non-custom games.
 * After her visual rework, her felid forms received morphological features from cougars', like mane, higher shoulders than haunches, long skull & jaws, & occasionally protruding fangs of and.
 * Peculiarly, her & even  &  cat forms can roar, like four biggest cats: tigers, lions, jaguars, & leopards.
 * The game client's shop filters Nidalee as a Support despite her no longer having that tag as a secondary one.
 * Given that she's a, it is unknown how Nidalee could've learn to speak languages fluently; since in real life, feral humans who learn their first language never master such linguistic aspects like phonology, morphology, & syntax.

Development

 * Nidalee was released a day later than announced.
 * Nidalee was rumored to have a special stackable damage over time that could be applied by all her damaging abilities as well as granting her stealth for 2 seconds when leaving brush in cougar form (both effects actually existed and were removed prior to her release)
 * Nidalee used to have a bug where applied  damage (meaning she could kill her teammates if they were low enough).

Quotes

 * Nidalee is one of the few champions to have an extra set of emote animations (taunt, laugh, and dance animations each for human and for cougar, without voice changes)

Skins

 * She might have been inspired by Navee from.
 * She might have been inspired by Navee from.


 * In her artwork, a can be seen giving her a snowball.
 * She celebrates Snowdown Showdown 2009.
 * She was inspired by the.
 * In her splash art, she is building a.
 * In her splash art, she is building a.


 * She resembles the Leopard Queen from.
 * She was inspired by.
 * She was inspired by.


 * The Shuriman crest can be seen behind her.
 * Her human form was inspired by historical female like, , etc. while her cougar form references , though resembling a  and not an.
 * She shares this theme with:
 * She shares this theme with:


 * She celebrates Harrowing 2011 alongside:
 * She was inspired by the.
 * The following can be seen in the background:
 * 's silhouette
 * 's silhouette
 * She shares this theme with:
 * The following can be seen in the background:
 * 's silhouette
 * 's silhouette
 * She shares this theme with:
 * 's silhouette
 * She shares this theme with:
 * 's silhouette
 * She shares this theme with:
 * She shares this theme with:


 * She references to from.
 * She shares this theme with:
 * She shares this theme with:


 * She celebrates Lunar Revel 2015  (Year of the Goat) alongside:
 * She references a historical Chinese noble lady  from the  & early eras. She was related to 's leaders, as 's daughter and 's younger sister, and was also being married to another warlord,  for political considerations.
 * She shares this theme with:
 * She references a historical Chinese noble lady  from the  & early eras. She was related to 's leaders, as 's daughter and 's younger sister, and was also being married to another warlord,  for political considerations.
 * She shares this theme with:
 * She shares this theme with:


 * She celebrates the start of Season 2016.
 * She shares this theme with:
 * She shares this theme with:


 * She resembles from the anime.
 * She shares this theme with:
 * She shares this theme with:

Relations

 * Nidalee's friendship with might stem from both being in tune with the (spirits of the) wild.
 * Nidalee's rivalry with might stem from territorial hunting disputes.