User blog comment:Commander Marko/Custom Patch Notes (Again)/@comment-1330314-20150716153908

The layout is really neat! The color-coding also makes very clear what you want to buff or nerf, and might even be worth porting to the mainspace patch articles. I also absolutely love that you're giving marksmen crit synergy on their kits, especially since the stat is currently core, yet heavily underused.

I agree that Annie needs less straight-up burst and more interesting utility. I'm not a particularly big fan of her E (a squishy mage doesn't really need a mini-, nor does she make the best use of it), but anything that shifts power away from her burst, and more towards her utility and bear interaction is a good idea, imo.

I like that you buffed Azir's attack speed growth, though I also think Will of the Emperor's bonus could also be shunted into his base stats. The idea of having his AP ratios scale with sounds interesting, particularly since that would reduce his early game power, which is a little too good right now.

I really like the changes to Yordle Snap Trap. However, I'm not at all a fan of the passive you added to Ace In the Hole, which I think is a bit too math-y and counterintuitive (why would base AD increase from items? Why not simply make Cait's crits deal  bonus damage?).

I dislike Cho's current passive in-lane sustain, and so approve of the nerfs, though I feel straight-up nerfing him is also not the best thing either. Cho is a really cool champion; he just needs to be encouraged to express that power actively (e.g. by seeking out worthy enemies to eat) rather than passively (e.g. farming minions and getting too big to handle too quickly).

Draven's new on-crit effect works perfectly for him. Nothing more to say.

I agree that AD Ezreal is weak, though I think it would be better to change his W, which is currently pretty dull and useless, than to change his Q.

The new Runic Skin passive you gave Galio looks phenomenal, and I feel would really help him shine as an anti-mage. I feel Bulwark could use a change, though, particularly since having a MR-buffing ability on a champion who scales with MR doesn't really help his scalings shine (they're diluted just to acommodate for his free stats).

I'm not entirely a fan of reducing Graves's base tankiness, since he's fairly vulnerable overall (I think the issue's with his innate, which provides him with massive steroids just for passively farming minions in lane). I like the on-crit reduction to his dash cooldown, though.

I'm not entirely sure Jinx needs a distinction between types of takedowns, particularly since it means she could get cheated out of 75% extra bonus movement speed just for not getting the last hit.

I'm not sure the crit interaction you gave Kalista works, but then again I wouldn't push too hard to make her synergize with crit, particularly since she's being pushed to itemize primarily for attack speed rather than raw AD or crit chance.

I really like that you've given Koggles crit synergy, since I think his kit has little direct interaction with his marksman build. I'd buff the AP ratio on his W, though, since AP Kog wouldn't be able to get crit in order to compensate for the loss in base damage.

I like that you've made Leona's defense bonuses a little more specific, and therefore less free. I don't support nerfing her across the board, but I definitely think she could afford to have some duo lane bullying potential toned down a little.

Lucian's crit interaction looks interesting, though I'm not sure he needs bonus armor penetration to scale decently.

I'm not a fan of the Lux nerfs. She's currently doing decently, and I feel removing the ult Illumination mark would risk messing up her comboes. The other advantage to the Illumination mark is that it encourages Lux to get up close, since her ult is otherwise her only way of detonating that debuff from a distance.

Overall, this is a really nice set of changes! I don't always fully agree with the direction you've taken on some of these tweaks, but I mostly agree with all of your core goals and concerns. Congrats!