Talk:Pantheon/@comment-8234800-20140520090314/@comment-3974211-20140520221430

How is it inexcusable? They miss changes almost every patch. This is just one of the first high profile changes. The cost of Maokai's ultimate got stealth-buffed a few patches ago - you don't see anyone even noticing. They usually update the patch notes within 24 hours as people catch the things they miss (I wouldn't be surprised if they watched our patch notes, since we usually catch a lot of the missed entries).

How is it not a bug that Pantheon can move, cast and take damage while in the air (i.e. invisible)? Pantheon is fully functional almost a second before his model appears, and the damage is dealt half a second after he drops on the floor - how is any of that reasonable behavior? I've reported the bug many times over the last few years - the only thing I find inexcusable is how long it took Riot to fix the issue. However, Riot generally doesn't address long-standing bugs that are actually impact on champion balance - such as Nidalee's Cougar Form bugs, or Pulverize+Headbutt. These are bugs/mechanical-quirks that usually only get fixed in a rework. Pantheon's only got changed because his new skin had fancy animations that didn't match the gameplay.