Itemization and Damage creep...

;Marksmen are potentially too skewed towards almost all offense and no defense itemization wise. Being comparatively squishy makes sense as a class weakness. We’ve arguably pushed that too far though, leaving marksmen too tied to multiplicative damage items and therefore excessively brittle when not well protected or in a favorable meta. ~meddler

Yea I’ve been complaining about this for seasons... tank items need buffs so they are worth being single item pickups. That alone would lower damage in this game as the number of single item pure defense items pick up.

Couple that with a tank nerf for a shift in net zero tank power and we have the lower damage that players want. Meanwhile we get the safety that non-tank champs need if they pick up a defense item, and a general reduction in one shots.