Talk:David 'Volty' Abecassis/@comment-8121733-20130509104507/@comment-8468980-20140517060645

this guy designed or helped to design a lot of champs that were created during a period of time where kits didn't neccessarily lend themselves to a clear laning assignment. Champs like Mao, Voli, Leo, Sej, and Skarner had recommended laning assignments but they were loose recommendations rather than the harder ones we have had for the past couple seasons. People argued about whether or not to play Skarner top or jungle, whether Leo was really support material, and if Mao had the ability to mid lane or jungle better.

At the time, the thought was that creating advantages for one particular lane or another limited the player. In reality, we created a mess of fighters, bruisers, and support tanks who were simply (as Morello puts it) a ball of stats without a lot of technical tools to help them leverage a clear play style. This isn't neccessarily true for all of them, but for most it is.