Alex Klontzas

Some people think this is a Butcher buff. And that frightens me.

It is if you're getting kills.

while not incorrect, I don't think the promotion of and becoming reliant on a riskier, less consistent playstyle can be called a buff

He becomes stronger than before if you meet a certain condition. Conditional modifications can't really be consisdered buffs due to variance

I think if you can objectively describe one condition as less reliable as well as an inability to perform how he did previously as well yes

naturally I'm discussing it as a nerf from a competitive perspective, no point discussing balance for qm gameplay imo

I am too! I think it's a pretty substantial nerf.

Huge nerf, his passive powerspike was the one thing that gave him potential as a late game carry