I miss AP Rek'Sai
Right off the bat I want to make it clear that I understand why Riot nerfed Rek'Sai's ability power scaling. It was abusive. There was very little counter play. Rek'Sai had basically become a Nidalee clone for a short time with her Q. I understand that and I agree it was over powered.
What I don't understand is why Riot always nerfs certain play styles for champions to near uselessness. AP Rek'Sai is FUN! It's really really fun to build ability power and become a Mobile CANNON. But Riot seems intent on shelving that aspect of her entirely. My question is, why even give the option for diverse playstyles if you're just going to rip the carpet out from anyone who likes to play a champion against the grain?
I've seen a lot of different play styles curl up an die for champions after Riot nerfed them out of existence. It honestly feels so hypocritical to me. They say that they encourage diverse and varying play. But apparently diverse play is the difference between buying a Triforce + tank and going straight tank on Shen top because you sure as hell can't play him effectively as an AP (Not saying there aren't people who do well with AP shen, but it's overall not a very good strategy for the most part).
I just wish that Riot would nerf correctly. Stop obliterating the fun aspects of the champions when you make balance changes. In all my games I've only ever seen one other AP Rek'Sai player. Is that really abusive? No I wouldn't say so. It's an alternate play style and it was fun while it lasted.
Riot sometimes feels like they despise varied play styles with champions. The only exception I've seen to this rule is AP Tristana but even that got annihilated recently with the removal of DFG with no burst magic damage item to replace it. (Yay Luden's with a... Nashor's Tooth damage proc on cast...)
Can Riot please actually use the Beta environment to TEST nerfs before shoving them through? I understand that bug fixes take priority for the most part, but Kassadin is still nearly unusable even with his recent buff. Elise? I'd forgotten she existed for the longest time. She's still useless after over a year of zero buffs. Apparently the lowest win rate in the game is a healthy spot for the spider queen.
To sum this all up. Why do you give us the tools for fun, diverse play if you don't want us to play it? 100% AP Ratio at launch on one ability. That's an incentive for the community to USE IT! Then when it turned out to not only be fun, but effective in certain cases, it was nerfed to uselessness. 100% down to a weak 70%. 70% AP on the only AP scaling ratio that Rek'Sai has is such a disappointment. I'd have been happier if they lowered her base values. She'd have still been usable then. But no they shot her where the core of her fun was. In the fantastic AP scaling.
Riot please, if you say that you encourage your players to try new things and to have fun with your game, give us the tools to do so and stop killing off fun, new ways to play champions.
