Riot, you are all liars.

So...you say you want to add "diversity" to your game...yet you continue to remove items and summoner spells, despite their low use, were still used. Even some champion concepts you've destroyed (AP Assassin Taric anyone?) and just made them unplayable.

Sword of the Divine was an item I used from time to time, the old Wits End (when it ate the mana of an enemy and dealt that mana eaten equal as damage) was one of my favorite items due to how unique it was and how if the enemy had a low mana pool and was reliant on mana it could wreck them. Elicia's Miracle (hope I spelt that right) made spells like Revive and Clairvoyance actually more useful by lower their cooldown, but not brokenly so.

Which brings me to a spell you removed, a summoner spell I held near and dear to my heart; Revive.

Why the bloody hell did you think this was a good idea, without even giving us a good enough reason why? Movespeed Hecarim was one of my favorite things to play in normals just to chill out. Is the game just not supposed to have fun things anymore? AP Taric was fun and could actually assassinate people until you gutted him and turned him into a pile of taff (almost no AP scaling on shatter/dazzle). You even removed the possibility of AD Mordekaiser, I DID THIS! IT WAS FUN! But no, no fun allowed apparently says Riot. We're hypocrites! We will gladly turn a 180 on what we say one day because we just don't give a damn!

Anything that can be deemed as fun or out of meta you stomp on with all your might. What are you going to do next? Can't enter mid lane unless your champ is classified as a mage or assassin? Just a big ol' gate that shuts you out of the game because you tried to do something different?

Something you need to realize Riot, not everyone wants the game centered around a single (and still stale) meta. Some of us was to break the mold and actually do something different and FUN. Remember that word? FUN? Yeah, haven't heard that word in a long time since you started catering to, and only to, the professional scene.

It's not even like any of the things I listed here were Overpowered...they were just fun for the sake of being fun and/or different. Why remove something that wasn't even a big issue in the game to begin with? So what if it's not used as much as you would want it to be used? Tell me why Spellflair Moonblade hasn't been removed from the game yet NOT A SINGLE PERSON BUYS IT! No one! Not a one! I haven't seen a single person in my entire LoL gaming career (hah) buy the thing, not even me because the stats suck and there are better items to buy from the shop.

Your actions make no sense. You once said you wanted to encourage stuff like "Jungle Kayle" and other alternative builds and playstyles, now you're only focusing on "what does this role and this role only". Your newest champion is a clear example of this, he can ONLY support. Bard does nothing but that. The only thing I could maybe see him built as for fun is as ADC...and I don't even think that could work out well because he has like no CC or anything that could remotely help him during laning phase. AD LeBlanc makes sense in a way thanks to her high innate burst and mobility, the exact same can be said about AD Ahri.

Please stop trying to stagnate the game by focusing and only focusing on the meta, allow for fun and interesting build paths and diversity like you once said before. It's what will keep this game from dying, and I highly doubt you want such a thing to happen seeing as this is how you get paid and live...

You tried to remove Revive before, don't try and pull the same stunt thinking we changed our minds.