Talk:Varus/Background/@comment-5727129-20121224191454/@comment-4499980-20130102033341

I've explained this before. Everyone complains about nerfs without realizing that nerfing one champions is so much safer and healthier for the game than buffing other champions to the stronger levels. Balancing a game through buffing rather than nerfing causes power creep. I will try to explain this so most people will understand by using an example I saw on the forums some time ago.

For the sake of the example, we will say Graves is the top pick and generally considered to be overpowered. If my balancing philosophy is to increase overall power level to balance things out, I will have to buff other AD Carries to be of a comparable power level so that they can compete with Graves. The issue with this is that the mechanics involved in the kits makes this easier said than done.

By buffing all AD carries to compete with just the one, Graves, means that while the carries might have been balanced versus other roles, buffing them to be as strong as Graves means that carries are now the stronger role all around, making AD carries the top pick for pretty much every slot because other champions are just weaker.

To fix THIS problem we will buff other champions to now be able to compete with AD carries. These other champions will then likely be the new powerhouse and then we'll have to buff other champions to compete with the new top picks. All this generating an endless cycle of "we need to buff X because we made Y too strong by comparison;, we'll later have to buff Z because it is now trailing behind X and Y."

Achieving perfect balance in a game is an unrealistic expectation and people need to understand that this game has been around for over three years following their own realistic and responsible balance approach (which has evolved since their beginnings). This is not to say that every balance change Riot has made was a good move or that it fixes all problems, but I'd rather see things change and evolve than to see new OP cycles every other week.

TL;DR: Quit whining about how a company balances their game and take some time to read on why they use one balancing philosophy over another.