Talk:Heimerdinger/@comment-66.112.230.80-20120828062137/@comment-5052127-20120831231700

Yeah, it was patch notes from their private test realm that were leaked... it was from july, and everything about them could be changed... like anything on the PTR, essentially it's just a design idea they were trying out. Even if the abilities come out similar to that, it's quite likely all the numbers will be different.

Basically, they are trying to fix his kit. It was broken to the point where they had to nerf every single one of his abilities into oblivion (every way you can think of, range, scaling, cooldowns, turret health, etc..) to stop him from being totally impossible to ever beat in lane. They ended up literally having to take HALF of ALL his damage all game, reduce the life of his turrets, take away most of his tower damage, AND reduce every single one of his ranges (and his turrets' ranges) by about 20%... AND THEN take away a turret... needless to say, for a champ that was balanced late game, all that totally killed him, and is why people consider him troll-tier at this point.