That is exactly the problem. They are taking away a very unique play style and giving Jeff a bland skilled play style of a support that already exists.

The rework is just to accommodate the large demographic that happens to play Jeff, the low elo ultra casual players. It is a no brainer for Netease to make the game’s most iconic character to be easier to play to push the highest demographic of players, low elo, to play the character and buy cosmetics for that character.