User blog comment:Alartan/My appraisal of champions design in last year/@comment-24648781-20151115084821

Firstly, the original troll was Anivia. Blocking Teammates paths since forever.

Second, I think jmdmagic below me stated it pretty well, I think, wtf are you smoking dude?

Nevermind the names, the gameplay mechanics of both Bard and Kindred as well as the new additions to champions playstyles (like the "minigames" on Fiora, Dragon ghost on Morde,  etc) make the game so much more diverse and offer a multitude of strategies to get that ultimate goal now.

Bards mechanic of roaming the map, for example, came up during a meta where roaming supports were pretty much required, yet met with heavy penalties (supports being lvl 4 when the first teamfights happened due to missing out on so much XP by roaming.) - Bard´s passive of collecting his chimes and thereby not only aiding his roaming but also mitigating his XP loss is a nice way to encourage supports to leave lane (if possible, Bard´s still okay in lane tho.) - The fact that he sees so little professional play is more due to the unrelyability in his kit (his Stun needs a second target to proc, his ult has extremely long cast time at range, etc.)

Also, boo. boo on that remark in your Ekko paragraph. Not only is it completely irrelevant, which skin color a certain champ has, Riot even created a region in Valoran that, one would assume, is probably populated by individuals of darker complexion. Shurima, that is. So who´s to say that Ekko´s ancestors weren´t from Shurima? But yeah, quite frankly, they could be from anywhere and still be black. It just doesn´t matter. That´s the beautiful thing.

As for the globals, I don´t think Riot thinks of "global = bad" or "global = good" anymore. They probably balance an ability on it´s game impact, thematic integrity and power. Besides, we still had a lot more globals in the game than you mentioned, mainly on champions that really profit from getting kills. (Ezreal, Ashe, Jinx and especially, Draaaaven. All adc´s funnily enough). So, Rek´Sai´s farm alarm doesn´t really stand out that much in that regard and fits the champion nicely. (Also, Rek´Sai never very dominating? dafuq? She´s been consistently top-tier ever since her release, no matter what nerfs or tweaks Riot did to her. The early pressure thanks to her knockup and the overall game control she brings with her ult, her mobility and her tremor sense is just too strong. Besides that, I would classify Rek'Sai as a utility jungler. She´s perfectly fine with getting her lanes ahead and stacking those assists.)

So yeah, overall, I definately do not agree with you and kinda think you should feel at least a bit ashamed for that slight jab at racism.