I just watched OLD akali's champion spotlight
And its amazing how low the damage is, garen q on a squishy assassin doesnt even do 10% of her hp. Akali cant 100-0 the squishy amumu without about 3 rounds of her combo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8UjQ_hYfh4&t=92s THIS is what we mean when we want the damage lowered. The OVERALL damage is the same, the Damage per second (DPS if your hip) is lower