When you nerf a character, distract them with another new character or Chapter… Businesses do that all the time, you give out bad news with good news…and with the attention span of most individuals, it usually works every time!
I think you have a point here. If they’d nerfed him while putting out today’s two new events, it would have diluted the rage a bit.
But wait. There is ARES. 
I’m not sure if you are being sarcastic, but I’m actually sorta of excited by him. His abilities look really interesting to me. The countdown on the heal is slight worrying, but it’s interesting and different.
I was being somewhat sarcastic. Only towards the original post. I agree on Ares looking interesting. I already have an open slot for him. I am curious to see all of his level ups. Not sure what build to make of him yet.
Will depend on what the level ups bring to each ability, but I’m thinking 3/5/5 so far.