My personal analyysis of multi form champions and conclusions i have drawn
Form changing champions are a problem in this game because riot cant realy ballance them at all, which got me thinking why can they be such a problem, and it didnt take long till i summarized the problems current multi form champions face -They have more tools meaning that they prove to work in a bigger array of situations they find -Usualy they can switch forms on the go without major any penalty or drawback making them able to acces realy big power -Their forms are usualy compliment diferent playstyles, which causes abuse of single tools nidaele had a poke heavy playstyle on her human form and evasive assasin playstyle on cougar, which caused abuse of spear when she used evasivenes just for safety, the same case exists with jayce
- they dont have any ultimates so their power is equaly distributed among low cd abilities (and their overall power has to be the same as champions with long cd ultimates have with their ults)
Soon i concluded that most of the problem that those champions face comes from one simple fact, that they get to use whichever part of whichever kit they need when they need it If nidaele loses a trade she just pounces away, goes human, heals, tosses a spear and can basicaly return to cougar form after 2 seconds allowing her to maintain a beatdown with 2 forms at once Jayce can do the same when he uses his thundering strike , transformation, shockblast into hypercharge just go get his hammer form again But then we have gnar who cant switch when he wants so i started analyzing his kits to see why is he such a hassle. My conclusion wasnt anything about him switching his forms, but about his kits being too complete, unlike other form switching champions gnar's forms didnt have anything that did bind them together, you could literaly make gnar into 2 separate champs without passives and they would work, hence his random form switching work, because gnar's power isnt cut when he cant acces other form and all that he realy changes is playstyle (from kiting, to all in)
So i would like to sum up the points that i managed to conclude -Multi form champions need their forms to fuffil diferent purposes (one engages the combat or softens from a far while second finishes the fight ), otherwise their form changing becomes obsolete, all of out form switchers besides gnar have that covered, -Multi form champions cant have both of their forms up all of the time, as it allows them to either owerwhelm their enemy with amount of tools they posses or creates cases where one tool is being abused to its liimits, only gnar covers that -Champions cant switch forms on their ultimates as it consumes too little of their power budget, shifting loads of their power into a power that they can constantly acces
Also weird thing i noticed, lee sin which is a hot topic lately is actualy a similar case (loads of tools) but i wont speak about the blind guy. Anyway pls leave yor own opinion if you like, maybe we will help rito in making those champions healthier and better to play (they usualy end up gutted, like elise)