Talk:Heimerdinger/@comment-5924090-20130418231947/@comment-5052127-20130429064447

Riot's not gonna change it just because it was leaked... though I expect some things about his final kit to be different anyway... that was a dev testing version of his kit after all, most likely numbers will be different, some mechanics may be different, etc.. The reason they didn't want it leaked though is they didn't want to deal with expectations about the rework, or when it came out, and people getting mad if something they saw and liked didn't make it, or if some numbers ended up different, or something in the kit people thought was overpowered... It's just pointless to talk about a champ before they are ready for real testing... they are ready when they are ready, and there was nothing in that kit that was set in stone as far as anyone knows, and no timeline.

Just from a balance point of view though, I was pretty sure that at least the new version of the turrets had been well thought out and they would come out pretty much like that... it's a cool way to give them extra power and range they need in fights (blasts right after you cast them and when you throw grenades near them) that doesn't make them much more powerful while they are just sitting in lane. They needed a way to balance them separately for combat and laning, so they could be more reliable in fights without becoming overpowered in lane... and the blasts are perfect for that I think.