Why did rito take away aoe smite?

Ranger's Trailblazer was removed because of two reasons:

1. It made champions with already good clears into champions with monstrous clears.
2. It made champions who would otherwise not be able to clear the jungle into champions with passable clears.

They took it away, along with AP jg item, to increase item diversity.

Op

but mah jg fizz

They never really gave us a real answer about that.

I'm guessing it's because it made things like Fizz, TF and other single-target junglers equally as strong as real junglers, and they didn't want that? Idk.

Perhaps they had the mindset of "we made the jg easier, therefore you dont need it anymore"

Cause it bad. There are so many better options.

Better nerf... Swain, I guess.

Nobody kept it. It was just a crutch for weak junglers.

Wouldnt want tanks to have any clearspeed, heaven forbid lee and shaco have counters.