
Originally Posted by
Acreon
Having a ton of characters is one of the reasons why those two have balance issues, that and Riot(talking league specifically now) really needs to decide what they want the game's balance goal to be.
Example: Riven has always been a problem character, tough to balance because she has no resource and has very low cd's, good damage, and fair bulk. Despite this, they go and make another champ with virtually all the same traits(no resource, low cd, fair bulk, some cc) again with Yasuo.
They certainly "super broken" or anything, but none the less problematic champs. Then you have Kassidin who has always been a huge bother but never gets touched, Fiora who has been mediocre forever, etc.
basically balance>>>>>>champ pool IMHO. I'd much rather have 50 champs who are all unique and fair than 117+ champs that can be wishy washy in terms of uniqueness and often times nowhere near ideal balance.
Oh and a client/server that doesn't blow.
/ramble