Talk:Zyra/@comment-94.52.124.253-20120818121250/@comment-5413923-20120818131433

Beauty is only skin-deep, after all. Are people actually concerned with a character's personality and backstory? Nope, just their curves and their clothes. Are people actually concerned with the uniqueness of a champion's kit? Nope, just whether or not they can do Tons of Damage™ and how much hard CC they've got.

I can understand it back when people got upset over Evelynn's big nerf, and again when they reworked her, because it changed who she was. But like you said, all the things that make Zyra "Zyra" are still there. People just don't seem to have grasped the trend of Riot tweaking champs after release once they have enough hard data; they still get too excited over release numbers and even the PBE numbers.

Nerfs do more than just balance a character; they seperate the wheat from the chaff, the fair-weather friends from the deticated ones. People who whine in earnest about nickel-and-diming the stats don't really deserve to be having fun with that champ in the first place, because they're not playing the game to have fun, they're playing to win. And while nerfs may create worse characters, they create better players; players who'll stick with a champ despite the numbers and really learn how to play them effectively.