My biggest problem with the Locket/Redemption meta.

Once they're off CD you're team is like, "yeah, we can finally fight!"

Meanwhile, the enemy team uses theirs, too.

"Oh, man! Nobody died this teamfight! Let's wait till they're off CD to try again and hope someone messes up!"

You seeing the problem here? Fights are revolved so heavily around the CD of those two items. OF COURSE I KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE WILL WAIT FOR THEM TO COME OFF CD BEFORE THEY TRY FIGHTING, but currently it's the optimal strategy. The items are really great in conjunction. Sadly, without them, damage would be even higher than it is has been, or is currently. With only a handful of tanks being viable( and arguably ) , and the butchering of defensive itemization, everyone would just die almost instantaneously.

I'm sad. If you think I'm wrong, you're entitled to your opinion. I just like mine better.