User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Nerf Worthy Champs + Your Thoughts/@comment-4921386-20130703185855

I feel like the bulk of these are all very managable, and that most champions are pretty well balanced.

Ryze - The CDR is like, the core of his kit. The "free" CDR he gets isn't really gamebreaking, since its extremely easy to itemize for, and Ryze already builds most of the items. Aegis/Bulwark also negates a large portion of his midgame damage.

Zed - While frustrating to pin down and a remarkably good splitpusher/duelist, I think Zed is fine where he is. He does purely physical damage, and is extremely easy to itemize against. Yes, he will still blow a squishy up, but that's what assassins do. Peel for your squishies. I see deathmark more as a kill-securing tool similar to ignite or a karthus ult. Can you likely blow them up in a single rotation? Sure, if they build glass cannon and stand still while their team cheers you on. Using Deathmark just adds insurance to murdering that key target.

Draven - You're exaggerating quite a bit in that last line. Draven's early damage is absurd, but that's how he was designed. I feel like if you remove his early bullying/trading power, you remove one of the strongest aspects of the champion. Draven is picked because he can punish misplays and poor positioning very, very easily. He lacks good escapes and if he drops axes, his damage output is considerably below other carries since both of his steroids hinge on catching axes to keep up. Obviously this doesn't apply as much to laning, but removing his early-game strength might cause him to just not be worth picking anymore. I honestly think they just need to lower his passive's damage early game (like, give it an AD ratio and remove or drastically lower the base damage). I don't care much for the PBE passive as its a "win-more or do nothing" kind of passive.

Jayce - I don't think he needs a nerf at all. He is a strong laner due to his safety and bully capabilities, and a decent skirmisher, but completely fumbles in teamfights, especially against those with hard engage. I think he's picked as often as he is due to the extreme utility in his kit (which you mentioned) and his lane prescence.

Elise - I hate the spider, too, since she's a nightmare to play against in lane. However, I think that lowering her bases will just kick her right out of viability :/

Leblanc - I haven't seen one played in a long time, but the last I checked, there were significant buffs on the PBE. I think comparing her to ahri isn't very good since the play style of the champions is very different. Ahri does signficant amounts of damage to multiple targets, and has a better sustained damage output. Leblanc just obliterates a target, waits 10 seconds and repeats. This is because Leblanc is an Assassin. She's a burst mage that deletes a target. Ahri, though is tagged as one, is not much of an assassin. You said yourself, she does moderate single-target damage. Her strength really comes in the AoE damage she applies against multiple enemies in teamfights. Leblanc doesn't really need to have her kit destroyed.

Kha'Zix - Since the nerfs to spike racks, I think Kha has dropped immensely in power. He was always a bursty assassin, and the Q just shifts the damage from his W. The main difference that he's not applying that massive burst in a huge area of effect in a teamfight; rather, he has to find and isolate a target from its team and then reach it in order to apply that solid ratio (which, just as a comparision, is basically a "crit" on your bonus AD).