What's even the point of Pantheon existing?

His only pro is that he has pretty much the strongest level 3 in the game, but he pays for it by having the shittiest late game.

All he's good at right now is 1v1ing pre-6. Post 6 he can't 1v1 since he is at an ult disadvantage, and his ult is so underwhelming that he can't even gank/roam with it that effectively. Just do something please, Riot. I'm tired of them giving a melee AD caster a small ass AS buff and expect him to be good again. Seriously, what did that accomplish? After all the nerfs from the pre-season dragon shenanigans and the season 4 ult changes you've taken away pretty much everything he's good at.

As of now, a game as pretty much consists of killing the opposing jungler or ganking for a kill at level 3, then snowball to 6, get MAYBE 1 kill off of ulting somewhere by the time it's 20 minutes in, then surrender because unless you're 20/0 you probably are going to be completely useless late game.

Yeah, a strong early game champion can't have a good late game, I get that. But at least champions like and have something late game. Pantheon has a <1 second stun that requires him to be in range that is less than that of many adcs, most of which have a shit ton of self-peel. You can literally do nothing at all late game. At least Elise has a decent stun and some damage. Same as Lee with his kick and %hp damage. Pantheon pretty much has a 1 second stun which he can't get close enough to use, and a crit on opponent below %15 hp, which at that point of the game is already usually a death sentence. There is literally not a more useless late game champion, and right now his early game is nowhere near strong enough to make up for it, because at level 6 he drops off.