Bruiser Nidalee is strong again.

I have played around 20 games with this build now, here's my rundown.

She's taken top with Flash/TP no questions, don't think about taking this build mid.

Runes: AS Quints Mix AS/AD Reds. Flat Armor Yellows. Scaling MR Blues.

Masteries: http://i.imgur.com/D80fcrM.png 18/0/12 is preferred because come mid game you want to be the aggressor and the extra points in Ferocity really help with that.

Build: Rageblade>Icebourne>DeadMans/SpiritVisage>Steraks>Situational Boot's are situational.

Build can vary, Rageblade is a must and essential. The best part about it is at 8 stacks it turns into a ranged AoE like a hydra, and Nid can stack this extremely quick with cougar form. If you're feeling pressured in lane grab parts of a defensive item after the rageblade then straight into Icebourne. The third item is where you mix things up, you can grab a Frozen Mallet if you are primarily split pushing and getting a lot of picks, otherwise if you need a teamfight grab something like Sterak's.

Spirit Visage paired with Runic Armor (See masteries) is extremely powerful and is not to be taken lightly. With a few mana items you will not be stricken on mana.

Early game is usually hit and miss, farming till 2.5k gold is your best bet. Although taking advantages of weak lanes can and will put you forward. Remember it's not worth dying for a kill, especially before your rageblade. Ganks should be no problem with explorer (See masteries) and Nid's passive, also considering the ward rework, you should never be dying to a gank.

Once you have rageblade you should begin to splitpush lanes and get towers down, help bot out, even a swap might work. Transitioning into midgame, grab a farsight trinket and just keep splitting. You will be much further ahead than most in farm and EXP so take advantage of this to close most games out by the end of midgame.

Lategame teamfights can be quite a struggle if they have a beefy frontline or a huge ADC/APC, your damage drops off.

TL;DR TIPS * Rush Rageblade * Splitpush to death * Use the heal AS passive ! * Stack Rageblade with cougar form

Feel free to ask any questions !

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