
Reportedly they said in a cc interview that they "aren't happy with the mercurial meta" but don't want to just introduce a gear set or champs that ignore total guard stacks.
A common suggestion is to have non-attack debuffs and effects remove guard stacks instead of only hits.
That would let debuffers that don't do damage help the war effort, something my Loki would take advantage of, also newer players could get more utility out of Skeletor that way. "Begone fools!" 😜