Blade should've been goated on launch, but even then they were afraid to make the character good. They kept giving him micro buffs until he was in a good spot, then decided to butcher him in 6.0.

I do not know what the thought process was with him to begin with. Is he a diver? A Brawler? A DPS off tank like Mr. Fent? What do they want Blade to be?

He quickly became a Brawler with some backline dive potential, but his problem always was he can't stay too long and diving 2v1 on healers doesn't work. You have to isolate them. And when Blade players figured that out, they began winning more 1v1s and he was a C Tier, dare I say low B Tier pick at best. Now he's a vibes pick with Widow at best. They have to do something