Am I the only one who prefered Ascension before the changes they made?

Back when there were 2 bushes near Xerath and he didn't leave that clunky relic upon death. I used to play it for hours because it was truly fun.

I know it wasn't really fun when Ezreal could steal it from his base but it's not fun now either because everytime we kill Xerath, their or comes and fucks us.