User blog comment:ClariS/A Buff for Melee Carries/@comment-4012115-20130128110914/@comment-4881935-20130128182215

their aren't use often now for the same reason why they weren't used often before.

They are high priority targets at melee range, so they will get focus down easily if built too squishy. Also, since they are melee, they will get affected my AoE a lot more. So, they tend to lose damage to build more damage just to survive.

And the fact that they are auto-attacking, that automatically gives the enemy team time to counter-attack and focus them down.