Why are stat sticks bad?

They were bad because you were a putz if you played any melee w/o them save specialized weapons like Nebulochs or Ngamahu's Flame with good unique modifiers. But until they buff melees power they were needed to compete with tier 1 bow and spell builds. I don't like the nerf without corresponding buffs to melee which they did not do. I woulda left them. But whatever CoC is back. The best melee.