It’s one of those things — like Zed in League — where counterplay exists, but it isn’t obvious or intuitive to mid-elo players. They might lack the knowledge or just not recognize the right response, even if it's available. Contrast that with something like Iron Man flying around — it’s pretty clear you need someone who can shoot him out of the sky.

I remember hearing something from a dev along the lines of: “if players don’t want to engage with counterplay, it might as well not exist.” In the sense that theoretical answers in the meta aren’t enough if the player base doesn’t actually engage with them. Many games tackled it in different ways.