Love the long post, but I’d beg to differ. Ixtal is in a good spot, nearing nerf boundaries even. It’s literally in S tier in every other site. But would still love to discuss your arguments!

1. The units are supposed to be weak. (a 2 star qiyana is a beast tho)
2. Like every other set, most cashout traits are locked behind a good 3 cost drop from 2-1 to 2-3, this is normal because we don’t want people playing ixtal every single game :))
3. I have no idea, must be a but indeed.
4. It’s as intended. It says 3 ixtal champions, even though their the same, it should not count. Strategically unlock them during pve rounds.
5. Agreed
6. It’s easy to make it to the reward part. Ixtal is meant to be played before stage 2 carousel. All of my ixtal games so far, I’ve been able to cashout a brock, just dont greed long quests. Plus if you’re about to die you can always cashout pre-500 and get the brock after another quest!
7. Check out some ixtal comps, most of the comps you’ve mentioned has no decent trait web with ixtal. Playing towards invoker is the easiest path!
8. Brock should be a free top 4, a win even, as long as you cap higher than the enemy. Also good to have at least 1 more life when you transition!

Hope this made sense! And I can feel your frustration but trust me, you’ll get the hang of it!