If you love Poppy, Vladimir, Akali and Yorick for their bull$#1t mechanics, I feel no sympathy.
Riot is not going to intentionally make them viable with their current mechanics, those "selfish bastards" aren't interested in ruining the game for 5-9 people so you can have fun.
If you play
because you like being a badass Yordle thing that slams people into walls more power to you. If you play her because you like being a ticking time bomb that removes all decision making from the enemy team at 30-35 minuets too bad. Everyone else in the game's fun > your fun.
If you like
because he has a cool theme and you want to be a vampire I am down with that. But if you like him because he has a free heal that causes damage, massive amounts of free stats and no meaningful ability costs with spellvamp, too bad, back of the bus.
If you love
because she is a sexy ninja lady with cool weapons that dashes around the battlefield you and I will probably get along well. If you love her because any time Riot meaningfully buffs her she becomes a free ticket to one division higher than your skills deserve, you can go commit unnatural acts with a cactus.
If you have a fetish for
because he raises the dead to do his bidding you are well within your rights. But if your real fetish is for making your opponent's laning phase a living hell and denying them the ability to farm or interact with the game in any meaningful way, well you get the idea.
Frequently Regurgitated Arguments:
"But (
) is just a few minor tweaks away from being viable and balanced, large changes are unnecessary!!" _Wrong, there has never been a time where any of these champions have been balanced or fun to play against. They are broken by design, Riot has tried to "tweak"
in particular through small number passes and changes to
several times. She remains a binary mess, useless when behind, unbeatable when ahead unless she makes a big mistake. _
"But (Toxic mechanic X) has been a part of (
)'s kit forever." Yes Riot should have made many sweeping changes to these champions much earlier. It is only in the last couple of years they are fixing past mistakes instead of cranking out new champions every two weeks.
"But I love playing them" When they are behind the curve most people don't want to have them on their team, holding out while
or
farms or spoon feeding
kills so they can be relevant is not most people's idea of fun. When ahead of the curve only masochists that delight in having all control taken away enjoy playing against them.
"I am a (
) main and I don't find them frustrating to play against." _We can argue all day but it essentially comes down to the face that most Rioters and the vast majority of the playerbase find them frustrating and feel they remove too much decision making from the game. _
), and when it comes to his invulnerability, there is actually a champ who has much worse invulnerability than Vlad (
)