Talk:VPBE/@comment-24385282-20160225215630/@comment-3974211-20160229104640

I understand the thought process behind why they started doing it - I don't under why lessons weren't learned and bridges burned already. How many AP Sions, Rengers, Kha'Zixs, Yis, Rek'Sai's, Tristanas, Corkis, etc, do we have to have before the whole "high AP ratio gets abused by people stacking AP" -> "the nerfed AP low ratio is now completely unappreciable for the intended users, but people keep playing the champion AP and generally complain about when are they going to get buffed". Sure, in some cases it helps identify what players actually want from the champion - e.g. Rocket Jump burst, or a magic-damage marksman, or skills that don't suck (old AD Yi), etc, but for every time valuable information is learned, there's half a dozen off-builds that simply cannot be balanced but by the time that's been identified, there's now a dedicated fanbase who won't let Riot react without backlash.