People miss the point of reworks

It's not about making a champion stronger or weaker necessarily. Ideally, yes, riot wants a reworked champion to be in a good state but that's not the ultimate goal of the rework.

See pre rework vlad. There is no way in hell riot could ever give him a meaningful buff. His gameplay was way too unhealthy. He was released seemingly week and given a few buffs and it turns about abusing tank/hp items on him is broken. But guess what? Whether he was weak or strong, Riot could actually buff him now or find a line of real balance on him rather than him being this incredibly binary champion that rolls you with no counterplay or gets rolled.

People complained about the Mage rework but basically every Mage reworked thus far has vastly benefited from the changes directly and indirectly. But that wasn't the point, many of these champions had a lot of bullshit in their designs that made balancing them a nightmare and buffing them was always a dangerous prospect. With their reworks, riot could actually get much closer to balancing many of them and finding niches for them that's more than just "aoe damage dealer" or "overkill burst Mage."