It's a little concerning that little was done to reduce burst damage in 8.24 outside of DH

The dark harvest nerf was a godsend, it was overrated but on the champions it was good on it was unbearable. But three particular nerfs stuck in my mind as... well, disconcerting. With Aatrox, they removed his ability to run smite mid, which is good, but left his champion damage untouched. Akali's shroud got hit, but not her damage either. You could argue that the DH nerf might impact these two, but even with Irelia, they nerfed her w, not her damage, and she uses conqueror.

Now I really hope that these nerfs will make these champions more punishable at least, so they might be less dominant, but the amount of damage in this game saddens me. Even Leblanc was only nerfed for the first few levels since she maxes w first. It's not like damage went completely untouched this patch, Jax and Viktor both got nerfed, but it feels like we need more nerfs. Even the fact that the adaptive force shard is way better than the defensive ones for the flex choice easn't changed.

Ultimately it's just my opinion, but I'm finding it hard to find fun these days in league, the explosive mid game damage is really wearing me down. I hope Riot considers toning down damage, and then if the defensive tools are too strong, toning them down instead of rebuffing damage.