Talk:Heimerdinger/@comment-71.194.119.198-20120827193611/@comment-5052127-20120829043347

Higher Ap ratios and lower mana costs with his current kit would also buff him too much in lane... they aren't buffing him to appeal the majority, they are reworking him to fix a kit that was totally broken and cannot be buffed in any way without once again making him IMPOSSIBLE for ANYONE to ever beat in lane (as weak as ALL his scaling and abilities are now, he's already almost impossible to beat if played even halfway decently).

His current kit is so strong in lane that even with shorter ranges and HALF his ratios, he STILL dominates there. He was ALREADY the slowest, squishiest champ, and had super long cooldowns and high mana costs, and his kit is designed to make his cooldowns even much longer early, and they STILL had to nerf every single one of his abilities hard in practically every way multiple times just to make him beatable in lane.

The result is why he is so weak late... his scaling and utility is not in any way balanced after early game, and cannot be fixed without bringing back his old problems... Morello called his ability set a 'mistake' and said he 'broke the game'. This is not a champ that just needs a few tweaks, this is a champ that was totally broken, was impossible to beat in lane, and that even Riot admitted they majorly screwed up designing.