Leona's vs Pyke's mana pool is so unfair. They are suppose to be 2 melee supports who can 1v1 adc's in the early game but lv 1 leo has 302 mana and Pyke has 415. At lv 6 the difference is about 200. At level 18 the difference is 283. Not to mention the fact most Pykes run coin and get alot of free mana back. When Pyke can Phantom Undertow for 40 mana and completely negate a Leona's all in (that cost 165 mana) there is a balance problem.
Pyke's base everything is too high.
Pyke needs tuning period, but I have a problem with many arguments on these forums when they include something like
"They are suppose to be 2 melee supports who can 1v1 adc's"
They are SUPPOSED to be like that? Who said that? Why are they SUPPOSED to be like that? They are what they are, let's speak to them on their merits, and/or issues not on some pre-conceived notion we have about them.
Besides, a lot of resource management in league has become "just spam spells, you're fine" so I'd say there's a global issue of resources are simply too high right now, and there is little to no need for genuine resource management, and to me, that's a problem.
They took away clarity because it was a noob trap, but then they compensated with so many free resources that champions play as though they have clarity and then some vs previously. So they simply gave newbs the mana they wanted and took the trap. Resource management SHOULD be a thing though, hell, make it a thing and bring clartiy back, call it a noob trap but if they're playing at their level, so what? At least we'll see more diversity than Flash+The usual suspects.
"I need to manage my mana instead of spamming my skills of CD and that's unfair".
"My champion has a bad matchup so that's a balance problem".
