Talk:Pantheon/@comment-26808509-20160802205207/@comment-25310654-20160828001856

Before one complains about his scalings, understand WHY. Yes, his Q and E are insanely strong, and his W is considered as a standaone ability as OP, and his ult is very VERY useful out of lane. But know that he was designed as a single-minded, single-target, anti-carry(like Diana). Pantheon is made to kill the carry in a 1v1 during lane(top or jng role), or 1v1 the carry in a teamfight if the carry's team is negligent toward thier team.

Assassins carry by killing thier targets in a short period of time and get out, marksmen kill thier target over a sustained period of time while being safe in thier composition. How do you kill these types of champs? Tanks dont do enough dmg unless fed, and fighters (while they dive as well) are not usually bursty enough. This is what pantheon and a few others like him are made to do. Ruin a carry's day by diving and quickly removing them, but at HIGH risk to himself because he is not AS tanky or durable as other fighters. If his burst doesnt finish his target, he is HEAVILY punished for messing up his easy kit beacuse he has no escapes and an easy to read combo. Heavy damage comes at the heavy price of only HAVING 2 reliable sources of dmg, no aces up his sleeve like other champs do.

His ult lets him get to his target, his W locks down his target,but his only two damage abilities are heavily-loaded so he can kill his target. But NOTE how is said target, not targetS. Pantheon's kit is intentionally front-loaded and easy to use because he is made to have only one job, and thats it KILL SQUISHIES. With only one job, pantheon becomes VERY predictable. In lane he pokes till you are 1/2 hp, then he dives to kill, then ganks. In jng he ults or walks into lane, then combos to kill. That is all. He is a bully who picks on people over and over, but the problem with bullies is that they are dumb and predictable. He falls off late because his strategies tend to be very easy to predict and thus simply group up to CC lock his ass then murder him.

Yes, Rito did admit that pantheon is a bit overloaded, BUT they say that about 50% of thier champs(irelia, diana, xin zhao, etc) and yet since that statement, they have given Pantheon a very specific purpose that they are happy with: A Semi-durable, High-risk, anti-carry.

TLDR: Pantheon is front-loaded with scalings because he is simple, yet easy to destroy because of his very predictable purpose of murdering those too dumb to back off. Complainers just dont know how to earlygame or play safe.