The balance team wants to buff Pantheon...

There was once a time I had little to absolutely no faith in the balance team. I could hear was Ardent Cancer. Galio's AP ratios were randomly buffed to insane amounts. Rioter literally said ADC needed to be overpowered for competitive. The word Polymorph literally had me cowering in fear (it still does btw). A time when a Rioter said they were fine with Pantheon having a "54%" winrate, they just needed to explain why. A time when the god damn patch notes of the game said Bramble Vest was so overpowered that instead of nerfing it we're buffing Fiora. While paying zero attention to other champions that were being fucked over by the item.

Times have changed since then. We finally got a bruiser keystone (after 5 months), mages no longer being locked into Morellonomicon (instead, Archangel's Staff), but Kha'zix, Xayah, Fiora, and Azir are still the top champions in their role. Times are better, but there's so much painfully obvious shit that needs to be fixed.

And yet, they want to buff Pantheon. Your first thought should be, "What the fuck." Pantheon is literally a poke to auto win laning phase top laner who already has a 53.28% winrate. Out of all the champions in the game, why would you buff the least interactive, most boring of them all? He even has an above average winrate!

You know what else can be done instead of buffing Pantheon? Conqueror's converted true damage can be changed to apply lifesteal (like Corki's passive does for it's converted Magic damage). Kha'zix could stop being the number 1 jungler after almost 3 months (52.09% banrate according to OP.gg). Fiora and Azir could stop being strong in lane if they're supposed to be strong late game carries, or stop being as strong late game to allow them to be strong in lane. You could make Aatrox a viable splitpusher by making his passive refresh against turrets. Fleet Footwork could stop being a 'crit' only keystone. Lethal Tempo could be made into less of a joke. Kai'Sa could be made less overpowered (but I do hope Riot keeps/makes her a viable pick in the jungle).

I just have genuinely no idea why Riot would buff Pantheon, one of the worst designed champions and least fun to fight against in the game.