Do you see bard played? Or blitz? When they are played their adc usually feels half as strong as they would be with a Janna/Lulu/soraka.
Even thresh feels underwhelming, even tho he has this insane kit.
Straight up nerf the enchanters, remove ardent and we will see how strong marksmen will be.
the best way to balance marksmen is to actually fucking balance marksmen.
people tend to forget, that theyre not the only type of carry in this game, but the only type of carry that is massively overtuned with the additional support protection.
if supports were the problem, then melee adc, apc, skirmishers and juggernauts would take over games the same way marksmen do with the additional support shielding and cc. but they arent. marksmen scaling is overtuned, and thats why.
they hit their power spikes off 2 zeal items and i.e. because zeal items have been made cheaper and more powerful.
theyre not overtuned because of enchanters, but because of direct buffs to marksmen and their itemization, and direct nerfs to marksmen counters like assassins and burst damage in general.
giving characters the ability to shield or heal someone was the biggest mistake of any balancing game.
It's ancient coin's disparity with the other gold income items. It is so OP, that other supports that don't synergize well with it are always going to be behind on gold and items. Relic and Spellthief's just can't compete.
Instead of buffing the shit out of the other two Riot just needs to bring coin back in line because that's the entire problem in the bot lane.
