Am I the only one who had more fun this pre-season?

I feel like even though damage creep is rising, I actually have more control as a solo laner and more access to creative uses for these runes.

When at top lane, I don't feel as though I'm put in a situation where the game progression is instantly shifted by who saves their TP for counterganking bot lane. If I play a tank for instance, I can actually take advantage of TP ganks I cant help with on bot-side thanks to the demolish rune.

Grasp of the Undying is hella fun for bruiser-esque cc champions like Nautilus/Chogath/Leona top so even with CD cooldowns I can still make extended trades against duelists and back off without absolutely getting stomped

As far as the predator tree goes, on my other account I had a BLAST abusing predator udyr/hecarim for some sweet early cheese ganks. Taste of Blood warwick can make his comeback factor even more ridiculous in duels.

Aery in the sorcerer tree gives various other mid laners alot more power. Midlane is changing from using foolproof unholy trinity to a wider range of champions like ..

Glacial Augment on , etc. Regardless of the seemingly one-sided games, kleptomancy, and blue essence changes, the game feels like with a few fixes, it would be on the right track.