User blog comment:Hidden Sniper/Riot's hand in the meta as we know it/@comment-84.2.219.125-20120924205125

Also on the Abisal nerf: As a game creator myself I can say that it's obvious why the nerfed the Abisal and it's not becouse people strated using it but cuz Ap Carrys specificaly started. When you make a champion or item for a game you have a concept in mind and an intention. They never intended the abisal to be useful for carrys from the start. It was ment for Ap Tanks like Malphite or Galio. So when they started useing the item not as intended they had to get back people on the right track by makeing it useless for carrys, thus re establishing the items "identity" and "porpuse".