Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-8969250-20130508155509/@comment-7434112-20130510154324

No, Riot doesn't use only the pro scene as their benchmark. They have stated that their working on balance changes for Akali and Yi in lower and higher elo. It maybe a place where most changes come from but definitely not what they base everything off of.

So OP means being comparatively better at all aspects of the game? Now Zed has amazing 1v1 capabilities but his teamfighting is on the weaker side. So that means he is not OP, am I correct? Being a champ who also relies a lot on items for damage is another weakness on him... and with these nerfs, CDR is an item he must aim for. And if every champ has the same max. power level, then skill caps should be the same as well.

And I would like to highlight that difficulty of execution part. Do you mean being able to catch axes while fighting with an enemy is something the person has to execute, meaning he has to be skilled with the axe mechanics?