Talk:Sion/@comment-3013755-20130119060932/@comment-5426276-20130127002953

A melee carry (that deals damage mostly with autoattacks) doesn't just need more damage than its ranged counterparts, they also need much better defensive abilities to be useful in fights, and Master Yi, Fiora, and Trynd have pretty awful defensive abilities: Yi's heal requires him to stand still and can be interrupted, Fiora can only block 1 attack and her passive regen isn't so useful in later game, and Trynd has to deplete his crit chance if he heals. All of them are also super vulnerable to CC if they try to autoattack. (True, Gangplank's CC removal is pretty good, but he isn't exactly a full melee carry like the others because he can do things from a distance with his Q and R.)

In DotA, melee carry all have great defenses: some are squishy and can avoid damage with blinks and dodge chance, some just shrug it off with damage reduction or CC immunity or tankiness, and some can use their CC defensively (stuns, snares, movement/attack speed slows can all prevent an enemy from killing you). In LoL terms they'd be more like assassins or bruisers, respectively

These are the same reasons why melee autoattacker champions like Irelia, Jax, Olaf, and Xin are strong in LoL. Irelia has CC reduction, a dash, a slow/stun, and healing on her W and her R, plus free damage so that she can get more tankiness in her build. Jax has an escape with his leap, dodge/damage reduction + AOE stun, and can convert his damage into tankiness with his ult, plus a constant source of bonus attack speed which frees up his build. Olaf has a long range slow, can convert his tankiness into damage, free sustain, and probably the best defensive ult in the game. Xin has a knockup and slow, free healing for every 3 attacks, and he survives better because he can force a 1v1 using his ult, which also boosts his defense.

Please Riot, make Yi, Fiora, and Trynd more like the "bruisers" or "assassins", because that's the only way they'll be viable.