Talk:Wukong/@comment-9132387-20130724232311/@comment-4530717-20130725091701

Popularity contrasted with complaints=nerfs

Not always, but yeah, look at what they're doing to Vayne. Her nerfs aren't too bad, though. Wukong however is somewhat annoyingly powerful, and deserves to be toned down a bit. I see what you're getting at, but you should realise that the balancing team focuses mainly around popularity and power at the same time. Vayne has recently become extremely popular and she has received complaints from bandwagoners. So they just can't leave it alone.

Err, as a way to make money? Not really. I say "not really" because I agree with you to some extent that every extremely popular champion goes on sale then gets nerfed, but that's a business model. It's also a damn effective business model.