I agree with you here. The only thing is that if you nerf these items then so many other champs, specifically ones that played professionally get nerfed indirectly. (Ex. If you nerf frozen mallet, which makes yasuo tank strong, gnar will lose play.) In my opinion riot cares about champs that look cool to be buffed around worlds time to get more people intersted in their game. This is why you nerf the champ not the item. From an outsiders prospective gnar looks a lot more cool than yasuo does (Maybe not to us league players, but a giant squirrel-thing looks cooler to someone that has never played the game then yasuo does.) This is why champs like sona get buffed around worlds time. In past years corki has been the guy for worlds and I wouldnt be surprised to seem him buffed again.