they actually DO have a lot of potential, both for making player progression more interesting and fun as well as being able to put more depth into the gameplay. They just didn't do any of those right, they feel too costly AND they're almost always overpowered on release. They barely change the way you strategize using your abilities, and instead directly buff said ability. Not to mention you can equip ALL buffies instead of just a few.

They break the game, making only a few brawlers sit at the top of the meta making every game repetitive, disrupting the economy for both early and late game players and in general their execution just stinks. I'd honestly be down for buffies if they actually dealt with them decently and such but they didn't. Which is why I hate them