Talk:VPBE/@comment-24035110-20140622122414/@comment-3974211-20140623004329

Win rate doesn't really affect Riot's decisions to change champions - Shaco was never nerfed for his ability to win, only for how frustrating he was to play against. There's a discussion going on above about Amumu, but despite his decent winrate Amumu isn't a problem because he's not frustrating to play against and have obvious strengths and weaknesses (Amumu has the luxury of having been out long enough for people to know when to pick him, along with champions like Galio). A champion's popularity can influence their priority in the pipeline for changes - Xerath was described as overpowered prior to his rework, but he wasn't benched (as Evelynn was) because he didn't have enough presence to waste additional resources of nerfing him prior to reworking him. Yasuo is causing grief even if he's not winning.