That just means his clashing kit plays to the strengths of a specific teamcomp. That doesn't really mean the champ on his own makes sense, though. There are ways to give him a poke that would work, mind you, but I don't think that one was a good execution of it. There's also the fact that the sapling itself has obnoxious "anti-fun" mechanics (in Riot game design terms)
As a not very well thought out example you could give Ashe a melee range stun instead of hawkshot and she'd work better on a lot of comps but that doesn't mean it wouldn't clash with her kit.
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