PSA -The Map Needs to be Dark this Season

All of you guys making threads about pink trinkets, green wards and yellow CD/duration, you should understand the key point of the vision changes: Riot wants the map to be darker.

They said this in the original patch notes for the preseason. However, Riot didn't explain WHY the map needs to be dark, so I will.

In order for the marksmen rework to be successful, Riot needed to do so many things. In the juggernaut patch, they nerfed armor across the board. To make sure supports could handle mid game against these beasts, they increased the generation of every gold item. And finally, to make sure marksmen wouldn't be too strong, they nerfed vision.

Vision is the rare defense champions have against a marks man's natural predator: the assassin. Assassins have low counterplay, high speed kits, so the way you defend yourself is with precise warding and positioning.

With marksmen getting insanely strong in the preseason it was necessary to buff assassins in order to keep them in line (sadly Riot didn't predict just how much the LW changes would affect assassins).

If vision comes back we will have two or three marksmen on every team just because no one can stop them. Riot is already going out of their way to nerf tanks so they don't counter marksmen. Assassins are necessary to keep balance this season, and assassins need a dark map.

Also if you're an AP Mage main, my condolences.