Talk:Yasuo/@comment-31489598-20170310170929/@comment-24496127-20170312062502

I'd argue that there's a certain, yet strict, level of mechanical skill required to argue about balance comprehension. There's people in low bronze 5 who wouldn't be wrong to say that Xin, Garen, and Teemo are super strong, because they win the straight up slap fights that are so common in such low level games.

The entire middle of the pack as far as playerbase goes can make good points as to what's strong or weak, but it also requires a comprehension of high level play in order to avoid bias. It's just difficult to say what's strong when the games feel so much different in gold vs diamond, even if you do understand the game well.

It's rare that you see someone so mechanically good they make it to diamond. Even though it can happen, at that point it's more about decision making and morale than game mechanics, since all of plat is basically good-incredible mechanics, it's more important you know where to apply your skills than that you actually have the best skills.

Diamond+ is just fine tuning basically everything about your play, and if you've ever listened to a challenger player explain exactly why they did everything they did, it's easy to see why people like to take high level as the example for balance.