Elise and Nidalee and power changes in League of Legends

Elise will get some Nerfs and Nidalee will get some Buffs, according to Latest PBE Update.

Elise

Elise’s nerf is a small one, but it’ll have a decent impact on her performance. The cooldown of her Rappel is being increased as the game goes on, starting out at the same 26 seconds but ending up four seconds higher at 18 seconds.

This will make her late game fights much riskier, as she’ll have her getaway available to her less often. Her base AD was lowered in Patch 7.15, and that hurt her camp clear early on. This, however, will hurt her teamfighting ability.

Nidalee

Nidalee’s change is also small, but it may have a ripple effect. The AP scaling bonus on her heal is being raised from 27.5 to 32.5 percent. Again, a small change. After all, five percent is not a big jump, but Nidalee’s heal doubles in power if the healed ally’s health is low enough. For instance, if her AP is 250 and she heals a target, her AP provides a boost of 70, but that’s doubled to 140 if the ally is low on health. That being said, every percent is essentially doubled if the target is low enough.

Elise’s nerf likely won’t hit her very hard, but the small buff to Nidalee may be just enough to bring some much needed attention her way. The changes are on the PBE right now, which means we’ll probably see them go live in two weeks if they don’t get reverted first.