[{quoted}](name=Tundra Hunter,realm=OCE,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=bGBvxadw,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2018-08-16T01:41:03.893+0000)
I hate how champions are associated with item now.
"Oh we nerfed this item, we thus need to adjust that champ".
Back in the days, champions where not associated so much with specific items, you had the choice to build according to your composition / playstyle, enemy comp, ......
You are incorrect, plenty of champs have always been item reliant.
Akali with gunblade, Jax&irelia with triforce.
Old Fiora and rav hydra.....even new one uses it mainly.
All the crit marksmen exist around crit items, live and die with them.
Mages are a bit more open but they tend to be looking for certain stats instead, if they can get those early then they are good otherwise they are bad.
Stuff like this has always been common.