State of Kalista.

Alright, I've been hearing a lot about Kalista, how she is top tier again etc.

Let's be honest, she only got quality of life buffs, particularly making her just MUCH EASIER to play. Before get season 6 nerfs, you only had to kill one minion to get the mana refund (like how it is now), but the nerfs hit her hard. She had to kill at least two targets for the mana refund, which made her csing harder, considering her weird AA animation.

Now, all of a sudden, they revert this change, and they also let her stack spears, even if Rend is on Cooldown, essentially making the reset not really a problem, since you can start trading 2-3 seconds before it's off CD again, and still have it up. The window where you can trade again is much bigger now, compared to before, making her slightly safer to play..

I understand these are all very good quality-of-life updates, and I'm so happy as a Kalista 1-trick in Season 5, but there were no number changes and I gotta ask; is she really top tier now, without any number changes? I mean, what really happened to her is that she became easier to play for less experienced players, while the top players would know what to do with her. So, if she is kinda the same as before (strong early game, weaker late), how can she go from an abyssmal ADC to top-tier? Is this just another trend, or was she always getting stronger while other ADCs were getting weaker? Or was she always strong, and people were just bad mouthing her as a trend?