Actually yes to Darius. He has been terrible for quite awhile. Only being good in bronze / silver, and by people who have mastered him.
And for being to easy to kite, he needs something to be a massive threat in team fights for when he does get into them.
And his ult wasn't enough with the resets because he needed max stacks on his passive for it to do noticeable damage. And team fights typically only last long enough to fully stack one target, then work towards a second (And then he usually dies or enemy team aced) before they reach 5.
And this is rather fair since he still has 0 built in durability and is quite easy to focus down. Or kite to hell if needed.