User blog comment:Hidden Sniper/Riot's hand in the meta as we know it/@comment-69.67.112.21-20120925175155

Urgot is still useful for those of y ou who are saying he's not. He has his place just like every champion in this game. Even if a champ gets nerfed, they still are naturally better against some other champs simply because their mechanics allow them to be.

If Riot never stepped in and changed anything, then the meta would never change and every game would be the same. Sure, not every change they make is the best change, but honestly they haven't completely mutilated any champ to be completely unplayable.

If an item or a champion gest nerfed, find either a new way to build or a new way to play the champ or even a new champion to play, its not like there's over 100 champions or anything. Sometimes items need to be nerfed or changed, and sometimes us as the players might not see the bigger picture and wont understand why. So just build something else and move on because every game has nerfing and balancing issues, it's just a fact of life.

And, in a way, we do still make the meta. Riot just steps in and tells us when it's time to find the new meta. We're the ones that actually play and find what works.