Talk:Draven/@comment-35019468-20140217040550/@comment-1330314-20140330175210

Riot is against snowballing because it makes a champion overwhelming, and therefore nearly impossible to deal with, if they get fed, and conversely underwhelming if they're not. League of Draven does technically favor snowballing, but a fed Draven, just like any other marksman, has clear weaknesses that can be exploited. Draven's mechanics actually put him at a greater disadvantage than most when focused: his Q requires him to pay a lot of attention to positioning, which also allows his opponents to muck up his axe retrieval. The more enemies he has to maneuver around, the harder this becomes.

Draven's old passive was actually just as conducive to snowballing, too: coupled with Draven's already phenomenal early game damage, a lucky crit meant that he could force his opponent out of lane with one hit, and possibly even score a kill. If he got a kill early, he could just stack more crit and outdamage his opponent even faster. The fact that Wicked Blades was basically an enhancement to a stat that relied on chance also meant that it provided no gameplay of its own, just more damage. League of Draven at least encourages him to play aggressively and manage his axes properly.

Though this boils down to opinion, I do think League of Draven makes thematic sense: he lives to excite the crowd, and every time he does something awesome he riles them up even more. Scoring a kill earns their adoration, and a gold bounty along with that. Wicked Blades is thematically similar to Darius's Hemorrhage, but other than that isn't particularly related to Draven's personality itself.