Talk:Nidalee/@comment-27249571-20160207002519

I wish playing Nidalee felt less "clunky". I mean she isn't really good in melee range if the target is unmarked, you need to be very good at surprising your opponent, hitting the max range spear and going in, hoping your target is going to die to cougar form. After her initial combo, she is a sitting duck, even more so if the spear does not land or her target is not marked, leaving her to be an easy catch to asssassins. She's both a long range zoning poke mage and an all in assassin, and it doesn't feel smooth or clean at all. Besides that, she has massive mana issues, and before RoA or Tear, often backs frequently to refill mana or relies on blue buff. I'll legit steal blue buff from my mid laner 90% of the time just because Nidalee relies so much on that mana regen. Overall, I can see what Riot intended but it's just a conglomerated mess of a champion who's either useless or a god. To be honest, I don't quite understand how LCS junglers can't punish Nidalee hard. She is susceptable to invades.