PSA to Riot: Not every champion needs the same damage levels
I just wanted to let RIot know that NOT EVERY class of champion needs to have broken damage levels.
For example
, my main, does a ton of damage. I won't lie late game he does massive damage. But that is his only role in the game. He is meant to kill, period. He does not turn invisible. He can not poison you. He can not fire on you from a mile away. He can not kit you into nonexistence without being fed or farming. He needs to feed and farm for late game, where he shines, because all of his power comes from items. Deny him farm and kills and he is easily dealt with.
Now let's take
. He doesn't need to farm too greatly to buy items to make his damage legible. His built in kit and damage levels are enough to compete without the farm. He can kill you from a great distance without needing a full build. He is safe choice and can stun you without getting close. He can very easily kill you with minimal effort. He doesn't need to leave his turret, unlike yasuo, darius, and many others, to farm since he has range. If he is behind, he can very easily come back from it. He does not need the damage levels of Yasuo. Why? Because his kit is there to make life easier for him. Yasuo is a high risk champion because he is squishy and if he goes in, it can easily kill him. Brand is a very low risk champion as he can stun you and kit you from a distance.
Let's take another example. This time let's not use a mage, but rather an adc.
, since she is a crowd favorite. Jinx plays safely behind her team. Jinx has a stun. Jinx can kill you from far away. Jinx can build the speed to melt you or anyone in the game very easily. Jinx was never meant to 1v1, but because her damage levels equal Yasuo's or exceed them easily, she can 1v1 him. So what, right? Well no. Yasuo has to go in and take her abuse to kill her first. If she uses her kit right, she can stun him, Yasuo's natural weakness, and melt him. If jinx can melt a full tank, she can melt Yasuo.
Now you maybe thinking, what is your point? They do damage, so what? My point is that they have kits for a reason. Not everyone was meant to do pure damage. Straightforward champions like Yi, Darius, Yasuo, Garen, etc. are meant to have a lot of damage because their kits don't let them turn invisible. they are not technical with kits and they can't do 75% of your hp in damage with their ults like
can. They take time to kill you. If you can get a stun off on them, then you can out play them easily. But being able to stun them and then clear the floor with them is not right. Champions have kits to out play these straightforward fighter melee kits. They don't need the same levels of damage.
beg to differ