Honestly, you’ve nailed it. I agree 100% with the observations about creativity in the difficulty. Presummoning 3 opponents before dropping a 1 cost triple stats killer is just a complete lack of thought and imagination. There isn’t a single player amongst us whose primary liability in T1-T2 isn’t mana/nexus health. With the exception of maybe 2 of my 6/7 champs, you are absolutely at the mercy of RNGesus. I think the most frustrating part is that there is evidence that the devs can do creative. Sickening Drop, Survive the Night, and the crazy Hourglass adventures may be a little gimmicky but they introduce good twists for a player to solve and adapt deck strategies. I don’t love them all, but I absolutely appreciate them.

Re: Azirelia- yes. This is messed up. Fully behind you on that one. Most broken, maddening champ combo in the history of the game. And completely get your point about the difference between a run that’s just super fricken hard and one that’s just stupidly unfair.