"Healthy for the game"
Hello! I've been playing league for... however long this account has been active. 5 years I think and lately I've been wondering what "healthy for the game" actually means. I used to think it meant to diversify as many play styles in the game as possible while also keeping it balanced (Let's pump out the balanced champions dawg!!) but I guess I was just being naive to think that.
I sometimes mosey around on the forums from time to time to read up on game changes and whatnot, rarely ever EVER actually posting anything, I usually think to myself "oh I'm just one person who cares what I think". That being said I guess I'm just a little fed up?
Anyway in my eyes it kinda seems like every time riot nerfs a champion they cling to those sacred words. So and so is getting nerfed because blah blah is not "healthy for the game". Riot also uses excuses that are EXTREMELY SITUATIONAL which I feel is incredibly childish. ex. Morde recently had some changes to his kit that made him less of a damage threat and more of tanky/bruiser. They took away his burst and gave him SLIGHTLY more survivablity saying things like "Morde is a walking suit of armor so it would make sence for him to be tanky and not be so much of a damage threat, also his "blow someone up and get a ghost playstyle wasn't healthy for the game" (there it is again)".
Okay riot, I see that it's no fun at all to just be wandering around the jungle full health and just randomly get blown up to the heavens and now you're in grey screen hating life, obviously. So I'm assuming Zed,Fizz, Lb, Talon, Akali, Katarina, Kha-Zix, etc are all going to be nerfed/removed from the game? Because you just said that playstyle wasn't "Healthy for the game"
Oh and don't try to pull the "Well Morde get's a ghost when he assassinates someone" card because I'm not buying it. Kat and Kha get resets. Talon and Akali have stealth to get away. Lb, Fizz and Zed have misdirecting dashes that confuse the hell out of opponents. The hell does morde have when he fails at assassinating someone? It's not like he has an ability where he raises a hand and says "Uhh my bad guys.. I didn't mean it" Making him untargetable. I mean.. Doesn't it just sound like a bleeping joke????
Then there's the "Well he's a walking suit of armor so he should be tanky." excuse. Really?? like.. you're serious......? Sooo I can calmly assume that shen is soon to be re-worked as an assassin then right? I mean... He is a bleeping ninja. Who's ever heard of a ninja that crashes a party and just face-tanks everybody and their mother? Also Viktor is mostly robotic soo.... whey the hell does he die when sneezed upon? Shouldn't robots be able to take real a beating? It's absolutely ridiculous.... this is the EXACT LOGIC that riot is using to justify what their doing all for the sake of what's "Healthy for the game".
Kalista is "healthy for the game"? (No I'm not talking about winrates you bleeps! Nor am I talking about teamfights. Strictly 1v1) I should be able to take on the enemy ADC as a melee bruiser with the right build if I catch her alone in the jungle right? Wrong.... :( When played correctly Kalista absolutely destroys anybody who has zero gap closer's or an incredibly long cooldown on their gap closer's. She can literally LITERALLY hop circles around them..... I used to like playing Skarner before Kalista came out. I used to like playing Darius before Kalista came out. I used to like playing Udyr, Amumu, Jarvan, Garen, Singed, Nautilus and just about every single mellee bruiser/tank in the game aside from a few exceptions. How is this "Healthy for the game"??? Somebody please make sence of it to me because I've tried and I'm getting nowhere.....
I just wanna know what "healthy for the game" means... with regards to my examples above. Please.
I Dare riot to respond with a convincing answer. Or at least come out and say you're now just in this for the money and don't give a flying bleep about a "healthy game"