lmao bro why would you have armorpenetration marks+quints if you go ap nidalee? that's just ******ed as fck... hotshot would never build lichbane first... He builds: boots-2xdorans-rodo***es-deathcap, that's what he did in the last tournamen.t... faillfailllfailllll

I know Nidalee from several games. And everybody knows: the spear is just OP. it can take half life easily.
I tried out this build because i saw HotshotGG at the gamescom and he plays really amazing.
Unfortunately, with this build i can not feel the OP thing with the spear. But, you deal a lot of dmg with your Cougar. That is really nice to farm and harras people.
Also, the heal is really amazing with this build.
So all together: +1

Nidalee needs ghost and flash to do extremely well in Solo Lane and split pshing ... because she has a Pounce does not mean her Skill will garuntee her what you need her to do ....

1. Ghost has a shorter Cooldown then Exhaust
2. Ghost is also down the utility tree, allowing you a free point to maximize its use when you cant for exhaust
3. Exhaust only works on 1 target at a time, while ghost can be used on multiple targets and from greater distance.
4. Exhaust is ment for Melee DPS carries, Nidalee is not to stay in Melee range to long for her lack of Defense and CC, her extreme poking and Support is best from mid to long range ... and last i check you dont get exhaust on Mages to begin with .... i could understand ignite .. but exhaust is useless...
5. Ghost is perfect for tower diving with combo of Flash, also if u split push while ur ghost and flash are up, you can not be killed unless their team blew every global ultimate to CC you down ...

So yes Ghost is way better then exhaust in every possible way, this isnt a certain style .. its common since .... thank you have a nice day

Now that I have played alot more pvp with Nidalee, I have revised what I said earlier, as well as I sort of agree with you.

I take the CDr boots now if my team actually needs me to heal, or I am taking the Merc Treads if I get to off heal/dps. And if I am DPS I follow this guide to the letter, or if I am the heals, I replace the Rageblade with Archangel's. If thats the path, I start with doran's ring, then build into the Tear of the goddess fast, then boots. I still love this build, thanks again for posting it!

This is actually a pretty great build, i used to do this build lol, but now im trying other stuff, like getting rid of the rageblade for a archangel staff. Because of cougar form, and how none of the moves cost mana, you can just spam them and increase your max mana, which in turn will increase your ap. i enjoy pure ap on nid because i love to heal people lol

I just got nidalee myself, and I have been taking ninja tabi and instead of the voidstaff, after i get boots I been building the hextech revolver, then doin lichbane, then finishing the hextech gunblade. Also, does magic pen help with the cougar abilites, or is that just for the spear toss? because if it helps with the cougar, why take armor pen runes? Sry, i cant find much "updated" information on this champ.

Rly dont get why this build isnt atleast 85% Gj on making this one!

really like the build/guide. just bought nidalee and its been workin out for me, though i tend to lean towards ninja tabi unless they have loads of cc.

This build is great, I've carried my team a few times with it. I don't play Nidalee much because I main a nasty Teemo, but this is definitely the best build I could find for her.

Been using basically the same exact build for months now, it really is one of if not the best build out there. For the sheen / rageblade questions above, I typically go for rageblade first as well considering it gives more ap, more CONSISTENT ad (although its completely possible to make every hit with nidalee a sheen proct hit, its unlikely), and a nice attack speed boost. sheen is a great item nonetheless

Great Build. I now have a whole page of wins with Nidalee!

this is the best build ever