Talk:VPBE/@comment-24951773-20160127222201/@comment-3974211-20160129112001

I've never understood this entitled attitude toward specific item purchases. You're literally complaining about having to buy item X instead of item Y, when the champion's gameplay is exactly the same with both items and one of them makes no sense being built on Xin Zhao. There should be no reason to want to buy Rabadon's on Xin Zhao. And it's not like Guinsoo's Rageblade and Gunblade will become bad on him - in fact, both will probably be stronger.

Similar to Master Yi's rework, the changes made to Xin Zhao are more likely to be along the lines of "well huh, people seem to really like playing Xin as a sustain-tank... so, let's support this within his build", probably with the hopes that if they can find a good spot for his healing they can take power elsewhere.

That said - I do really wish Riot hadn't established AP as being for "wizards". Similar to Infinite Crisis, they should have used terms like "Strength" and "Power" for Brawlers and Casters. Lucian scaling with "Power" shouldn't have a visceral cadence issue since he uses magic; while someone like Riven or Xin Zhao scaling with "Power" should, since they use their swords. Heck, you could still keep Physical and Magical damage as non-specific - so you could have Zed or Lucian be Physical Power champions (heck, Zed could be Strength and while his Shadows are Power); while Annie and Syndra are Magical Power champions; while Kayle is a Magical Strength champions; and Ashe is a Physical Strength champion. Like Infinite Crisis, you could also have a champion's basic attacks scale per-champion (so base (+%Power) or (+%Strength)...).