Yeah it really was I think a flaw in design…I don’t think there was some 40d chess moves going on when they were balancing stats on them. They’re garbage.
Again, early in ladder like you said you can get some decent +to 1 resist LCs, but…they’re absolutely garbage for end game…
ultimately I’m still against any item/skill changes, just for nostalgic reasons, but there were definitely flaws in design from the get-go, imo.