Do devs ever get annoyed by this?
Do the teams that work on champ/rework design ever get pissed that they can't just use any of the masteries, item actives, and item passives as new abilities? It's really a shame in a lot of cases. Like redemption, for instance. If anyone ever got a long range aoe heal they'd be copying something already in the game. I don't think they'll ever reintegrate actives/passives from items/masteries that have been removed or reworked either. Or those from champions who've been changed.