My thoughts on the Hero Variants

[DerPole]

First of all I really like the new update with the changes.
But I am not a big fan of the Hero Variants because it just swap between the variants. If you know the 2-3 variants you know the whole champ. I really like the patch system of Teamfight Managers and i think it would improve this game also. Maybe it could get combined with the variants system to get a more dynamic meta

[Dyzthar]

I disagree, I find that the hero variant was probably the best solution the developers could come up with to make heroes feel more dynamic and less one dimensional. It forces the player to adapt to certain champions changing in fundamental ways and gives them more to consider when changing the hero pool or during draft.

As for meta dynamics I feel like shop items available, number of dragons/heralds + rewards, turret health, round start and end make the meta dynamic enough. If you add a patch system to the game the chances of getting an even more unbalanced or not fun to play season increases.

And frankly buffs and nerfs usually just divert players from seeing what heroes can be good in certain metas by distracting them with small number increases or decreases. I imagine it is very difficult for the developers to balance around or to have the AI be smart enough to take advantage of the patch system.

Also Imo there are many other systems that need way more attention and improvement on that probably will net a much higher enjoyment ceiling for the players if the developers pull it off.