Lets talk Balance, chime in with your mains

A hot topic right now is balance, with quite a bit of negative criticism. That's not productive and as a community there's nothing Riot can take from solely negative criticism. As a community lets chime in on this thread on our mains, where we think they're strong where we think they have a weakness and try to go through and assess them as a champion to let Riot know our thinking as far as champs go.

Champs I main:

Overall as a champ Bard I think is in a pretty good spot. He has a lot of versatility with itemization being able to be successful as AP or tank in the support role. His clear strengths to me are: Burst damage from a support, lane sustain, self mana sustain, team utility.

Weakness: One damaging spell, short range on ult.

His kit:

Q: Only damaging spell, pretty good ratios. Theres really nothing I would change about this spell I think its in a good spot.

W: This is Bards heal, It falls off pretty hard late game. It does provide a speed buff. Riot recently buffed this by having a flat mana cost at all levels. It could use some love, but its not by any means unhealthy. I wouldn't change anything about this.

E: Magical Journey: This feels pretty weak in Bard's kit. I would add a CD reset on kill or assist.

R: This is a great spell, it takes some time to get used to the timing. I think it'd be more fun to play bard if I could cast my ult further, just to give my team more utility.

Overall Bard's health in my opinion 9/10

Definitely a snowball champ. People hate to play against him just because he zones you off just with his presence and angles. He also has an unreasonable buff by differences in hook clarity on certain skins.

Strengths: High Burst, good combo, strong passive.

Weakness: Snowball champ, no escape.

His Kit:

Q: This is basically his entire kit. It has a pretty reasonable CD. For what it is its pretty ok where it currently is. ADC's such as Sivir, Ezreal, Tristana all do well against this hook because they can escape it once hooked. Other ADC's have dashes that they can utilize to dodge hooks. Draven is one champ in particular that is very weak against blitz. However Supports in general have little counter play potential outside of morgana. Few supports have actual dashes. But supports such as Leona and Alister don't really mind being hooked. But anyway, He has a clear niche on an ideal laning phase, and yeah in ideal conditions he'll do great.

W: Months ago Riot changed this spell from a flat speed buff to a sudden Huge speed buff that gradually diminishes to a self slow. This was before Deadman's came out, and since the change they have leveled it out. However, in its current state you aren't actually making progress if you're trying to run away. The displacement/time for the same distance traveled is the same if you use the spell or just walk. Initially you can put distance between yourself and the enemy if you are retreating, but they will catch back up to where they were initially.

R: single target knock up, combo with Q. pretty ok for what it is.

R: AOE burst silence, with random lightning proc. damage wise i think its fine, silence is fine. The passive proc is annoying because you can't clear wards in dragon pit at a low level by yourself.

Overall Blitzcrank's health in my opinion 6/10

But I invite you as the community to chime in with your champs you main.