Just for the record lets get something straight chromie’s win-rate per rank
Bronze ------ 51.8%
Silver ------------- 49.4%
Gold -------------- 47.9%
Platuim ---------- 44.3%
diamond--------- 39.9%
master -----------24.2%
grandmaster --N/A <----------- why n/a u ask ? cause cromie has less then a 1% representation rate in GM rank. cause contrary to popular belief she is very bad the higher u go up in rank.
but if that is true , then why where there so many players complaining about chromie being so OP ?
because the players who did the most complaining were poorly skilled casual players in Q.M. and bronze through gold.
Do people complain? I only saw one post here, while at least 2 posts complained that she is too weak now (which i disagree on).
She can be viable, but of course, she never will match the value of the likes of Jaina and Li Ming. On the other hand, there seem to be a lot of people throughout silver, gold and platinum that put an insane value on Kealthas, even to the point of dedicating one of the 2 bans at the beginning of the draft to him.
The truth is: the value of both mages comes down to the skill on the other side (or lack thereof). However, i would argue, that Chromie is the better of the 2 as
she has the better late-game (her “pierce” or “bronze CD reduction” power spike)
her dmg is more difficult to dodge after her rework
her slowing ult is a way better zoning tool than phoenix (even temporal loop seems better than pyroblast)
the surviveability and waveclear seems to be roughly the same (maybe with a small advantage for KT as chromie now longer has a mana talent).
This being said, i would never pick either of these 2 in higher ranks
its generally the other way around, if poorly skilled ppl saying shes good, and you saying shes trash, i wonder wht tht makes your → skill level ← at ,