User blog comment:BIA-Kaboose/The Problem Behind Balance/@comment-24242333-20131211145617/@comment-24242333-20131211155601

Though sometimes they make changes that are based on the average players (I'm thinking Nidalee here (though that didn't solve anything actually)), it's true that it's not often the case.

And frankly, it's not because pros does very good plays with a champion that said champion is unbalanced. Martial artists can ve very dangerous with a nunchaku, yet most people will still hurt themselves more than their enemies with it x)

And sometimes, they just do weird things. I'm thinking about Gragas, here. The changes on his Q makes it much harder to dodge than before, despite the reduced range. And the removal of the damage split on his E makes it seems like they want him to be played AD.