Talk:Akali/@comment-43881827-20200207113458/@comment-40093659-20200207150127

It is not that simple, though. Changing Akali's Ultimate like that was essential to solve one of her core problems (in pro play as well) which was that she could NEVER really be punished. Smoke, E and two dashes away provided way too much safety so it had to go. After all, the shroud is Akali's uniquenesses as an Assassin, so you don't need to escape if you can hide.

Still, I very much agree that some minds in the balance team are unbelievably bad at their job, because changing Ultimate alone is not enough. Akali has other problems and they keep ignoring them.