Talk:Nocturne/@comment-8733289-20141028004302/@comment-8468980-20141107164708

riot needs to decide if they want him to be a solid assassin or tankier fighter, not a guy who does both at lower quality levels. They've left him in champion balance limbo (Hi Gangplank, Poppy, Mordekaiser, and Galio!) because he has this kit defining ulti that allows him to long range teleport, nuke, and obscure the entire enemy team's vision. If they change that mechanically, he loses what makes him Nocturne, but if they keep it he needs to be weaker to compensate for the spell's incredibly high utility.