Talk:Lulu/@comment-109.163.231.92-20120323184632/@comment-98.246.142.57-20120323204749

WOB Silas--

I don't think your examples are very good.

Maokai was released totally worthless. I remember playing him when he first came out and was shocked at how bad he was. Then Riot gave him much needed buffs and he became extremely good. And that's hardly debateable - if you can find the old comments on here (or even on the League forums), you can see how many people knew how underpowered Maokai was upon release.

I can buy that Shyvana may have been considered underpowered because people just didn't know how to use her properly (in fact, I think that's a good example) but Lee Sin? Really? I played quite a bit when he first came out and people picked him up pretty quickly. I don't think he's ever been considered weak.

Now here's the typical pattern I've seen with the majority of champs: release overpowered champion; majority of players buy said champion to get wins due to inflated power and opponents not knowing how to counter them yet; nerf to keep the veterans from getting pissed. This doesn't mean all champions but the vast majority succumb to this pattern. It makes good business sense since they can milk players into buying OP champs then keep around everyone else by later nerfing them. Slimey sure but who ever said Riot's staffed by saints?