ROA nerf - made alot of AP champions unplayable.
I know the ROA nerf a while back was to shut down Singed players from stacking them / trolling. But it also hit quite a few more champions than singed.
The ROA nerf pretty much said - no more bruiser AP's. Of course there is still Relai's, but this item isn't very efficient, with most of the "top" mid laners already having some form of CC. Well, not really "mid" but AP champions tend to. So the outcome?
Diana players whine. Since the Fizz nerf you can't even do bruiser Fizz. I myself tend to pick up ROA when I support. Nunu? RYZE, SION, ZILEAN. SWAIN
Players will say, "oh the ROA is already balanced" Every AP champ that does decide to buy ROA - end up falling off lategame even though they have ROA a late game item.
The only way I can see ROA being buffed properly, is to bump down the mana, or increase the item's combination cost, while increasing the stacks gained. The item is 2.8k, it should be bumped higher to the tiers of deathcap = 3.3k
I remember watching the patch preview, about assassin's were great. but 100-0'ing players with no counterplay wasn't fun to play against. Then Increase health item's, so they don't get 100 - 0'd by assassin's.