Everyone has some kind of quirk; I look at it like this, normality is a myth. Some people are sensitive about it I understand, but it's easier to get along I find. XD
Ah I see, genetics is a mean component of life; I've got heart attack & stroke prone parents&grandparents on both sides of the family, so yeah life is short. I'd rather have video games be more of a vice than alcohol anyway, lol.
Vladimir is fun, and I mained blitzcrank for the same reason, versatility. I need damage, I get a hydra, I need power, I get an abyssal scepter, I can go tank even. I hear that, I liked to play xerath before his rework because he didn't work like a conventional mage; His passive gave him 15% bonus armor off of his ability power, like a reverse galio/ramus. He was initially the counterpick for assassins mid, along with an ability that rooted himself to double the range of his other spells making him complex but require skill to play. But like cassiopia, sona, & sion, he's barely played as a niche anymore after his rework.
That puzzles me too, but the only sports I like to play is billiards & bowling. Though I do enjoy chess too, but I wouldn't watch any of the three played. And yeah that's part of why I've been getting away from league, since they enforce some to be weak while the obviously strong they ignore.
That I understand, I enjoy facing against blitzcrank & thresh too. Though between them, I'd rather face against a good zed than a mediocre yasou; zed has a blink sure, but it's got a 10 second cooldown, and he doesn't have 2 shields either. But I figure we enjoy facing someone else using our favorites as we get to see alternative playstyles we can use, while knowing the flaws of particular maneuvers.
I'll go into a little detail on why I hate a few (make that several [make that writing a book lol]) . . .
---yasou; mobility, burst, cc, and denial, all of which can be spammed for free and even power him up for spamming
---ekko; he has 1:1 ap ratios on 3 abilities unlike most every other mage in the game, mobility burst & annoyingly strong cc, doesn't help he looks like a stereotype punk
---leesin; like ekko his kit has too much utility with too high of scalings for too little cost, but he's physical instead of magic
---vayne; sure she's a close range carry, but with %MaxHealth true damage without cost, there's no way to itemize against her, along with unavoidable self peel and mobility with an offensive steroid ult that often makes her invisible
---fizz; this water rat I'd say is even more cheap than the previous 4 I listed, he may not have as much mobility or burst as them, but his passive belongs on a tank, and his jump of invincibility is frustrating by design, even if it was on a 20 second cooldown since it has no requirements, at least yasou's windwall is only directional
---fiora; both before & after her rework she's a nightmare to fight, before her rework she could be intangible while decimating your team every minute, after the rework she can counter-stun anyone attempting to stop her while having vayne's %MaxHealth true damage for free, and a heal stronger than janna's ult
---riven; like yasou her kit has it all, mobility burst & cc without cost, but at least her mobility isn't nearly as far as his, nor can she outright prevent counter attack
---kalista; like yasou she has immense damage & mobility for free, but unlike vayne she can kite someone that's running away from her, like sivir but with her ult constantly on
---azir; the splice of heimerdinger & caitlyn, having huge zoning potential and poke more than rivaling ziggz & the old xerath
---kindred; a splice of kalista & vayne but with sustain and infinitely scaling damage bonus instead of true damage, not to mention she can give her allies a trynadmere ultimate
---quinn; like vayne she has her own unavoidable self peel and damage buffs, but her ult is like sivir's on a toggle, making her nigh uncatchable & inescapable like several others on this list
---lucian; no I'm not racist, I like the guy's backstory & charecter, but like most of the other carries he gets mobility & burst in abundant supply
---caitlyn; having some of the highest range nearly allows her to auto attack from off screen, and if she gets a critical hit stacked with her passive, she chunks tanks with ease and can 1-shot other carries
---graves; his rework made him from average to nightmare, giving him plenty of mobility and caitlyn's damage at close range
---soraka; initially I wasn't going to add her, but her rework made her more annoying than before, her short ranged targeted silence became a long range area silence that also stuns, and with just a warmogs she can heal her team constantly, doesn't help her rival sona has been repeatedly nerfed to the ground