Reddit user u/27Yone spotted the anomalies in newer Nidalee skins compared to old ones. You can spot the slight animation when Nidalee stops moving in the first 2 skins. This animation is absent in subsequent skin releases.
Base skin
Snow Bunny
Dawnbringer (no stop animation)
Leopard (no stop animation)
Aside from the first 2 skins, the base one and Snow Bunny (discontinued), all other Nidalee skins have no stop animation.
Older skins like Pharaoh, French Maid go from 120-180 RP
Newer ones like Ocean Song, Super Galaxy go from 250-310 RP
And neither have the base skin’s stop animation. Sell less for more, good ol’ business.
It’s more likely that Riot will remove the animation from the 2 skins rather than add it to new ones at this point.
LoL’s July Prime package also got shadow nerfed.
We get it, prices are high, inflation is rising, a recession is looming, small indie company Riot’s gotta feed thousands of employees. But those things affect your customers too, and one’s gotta wonder when it is too much.