User blog comment:Care Level/Quality of Life: Riven and Nidalee/@comment-8506165-20131021065124/@comment-5556439-20131021071159

Tear stacking has been nerfed enough. Ryze, Manamune Ez, Jayce, Nid, Kass, Yorick, and others are all harder to get to their power spikes now because of the nerfs made to it.

Riot actually did something right and instead of nerfing the champion, nerfing the core items that helped make them so strong.

If you removed this, then Nid couldnt charge Tear in a practical fashion any longer, it just wouldnt happen. It takes incredibly large amounts of time now to charge and making another champion who is situational and niche to begin with even weaker for the sake of principle is not a very smart decision.