User blog comment:Myself v1.0/Failed hybrids?/@comment-98.71.72.162-20120907020719

I don't think hybrids fail because of the champion design but more because of a lack of hybrid items that don't fall off. Really the only good hybrid items right now are Hextech Gunblade and Guinsoo's Rageblade. Trinity Force and Nashor's Tooth are okay but, in my opinion, really lean only one way because Trinity Force scales into the later game with attack damage and Nashor's Tooth doesn't give any attack damage to make use of the attack speed. There's Madred's Bloodrazor but I think about that item and laughter comes to my head.

Irregardless, all of these items will fall off with enemy armor and/or magic resistance and buying items to shred their defenses like Black Cleaver and Malady offer no defensive stats. Then on the other hand, there are undeserving champions that lower enemy resistances, champions that don't need it at all.

But I do think Riot has come a long way in the champion design department, although they haven't really found a way to balance the new champions with the older ones. I constantly look at Warwick and think "In what way is this champion supposed to come together?"