Aleksandr and Expectations
So when he came out, and even after his buff prerelease, I hear a lot of anger about how bad Aleks is. Ive seen videos with people feeding him to starter champs. I've read a lot of stuff in game chat and discord about how people would rather have Warmaiden.
Except there's a problem with that... his multipliers are INSANE, and he comes with AoE Decrease Def.
I was just watching this video where HH looks at his damage: https://youtu.be/M_lUUQF1m3c
Fairly top tier numbers. Ithos level, he says.
Here's his AoE on Dragon 20, for those of you who'd like to skip the video
Here's his A3 on Dragon 20
My real question here isn't whether or not Aleks is a quality champ. His numbers are insane. Sure, he's not Trunda for damage, but he is totally free for everyone. And I don't want to devolve into arguments about the team he is with. Whether you are using Warmaiden or Aleks or Hurndig or whatever, your champs roll out with the same teammates. This means your numbers may not scale this high, but the fact you have an Ithos level nuker for free is crazy. And if you don't have a great AoE defense option built yet, you just get one 7 days in.
My real question is about the echo chamber that exists around the game. How is this guy universally viewed to be bad? I read "insult to him and his country" on these forums several times. I've read serious advice where people are encouraging new players to feed him. I just don't understand.