Talk:Nocturne/@comment-118.208.233.13-20110329110045/@comment-192.91.172.36-20110331191302

"Because with the exception of the range of his ulti dash, for every property of his skills, there is another skill that's better. That is fact."

I feel as though this is a misleading statement that has been used to defend Xin Zhao, Post-release LeBlanc, and other champs who were maybe too strong. Let me demonstrate.

I invent a new champion that has Crowstorm (fiddle's ult), Tibbers (annie's ult), and Requiem (Karthus's ult), all minus 10 damage; and also, having Wish (soraka's ult), but minus 10 healing. Now I can still say "this champion is not OP, because every skill he has, there is a better version of it out there".

I realize this is hyperbole, but my point is this. It's not individual skills that make a champion OP. It's how well the skills fit in with the other skills, and with the champion himself. From what I have seen, his skills synergize very well, and he has extremely high damage output potential. Are there people that fail with him? Yes. But that's not how he's balanced anyways. He's balanced around the upper tier of people. He could probably use a few nerfs in damage output in early/mid game, in my opinion.