User blog comment:Emptylord/Leaked Champion: Vel'Koz/@comment-9705522-20140203160407/@comment-9705522-20140207145812

well, if you read his lore it also says that acid is constantly dripping from his mouth. so there is that. also, due to his passive we can assume that inside him its highly compressed, creating a large amount of pressure, so there can be a lot of acid. but its too much to speculate as we dont know what exactly happened.

And yes, you are right, Anivia, after the stupid pointless retcon is now a freljordian guardian, and most definitily powerful in terms of magic. volibear uses the power of the sacred storm, which could be magic, but even then not powerful one. nunu and willump use no magic at all. he is merely a yeti capable of controlling his own temperature in a rather extreme way.

And no, freljord isnt a strategic placement. Especially when comparing to Icathia, which is pretty much the optimal base of operation. Freljord actually has population there, an immortal guardian who can notice stuff (which she did), and a direct connection to the Institute of war. Icathia already has a portal, its even more isolated (lost city, no population, only way to get there is through the voodoo lands, highly dangerous terrain no person in their right mind would go through or survive going through.), multiple voidborn have come from there and its still unknown. its not in shurima, nor is it near shurima. take a look at the map. the shurima desert is in the middle of souther valoran. Icathia is on the furthest eastern edge. as for potential powerful allies, well, Anivia is the only one according to her lore, and she sure as hell wont help them, the frostguard dont seem to be particularly powerful, which isnt really helpful.

Icathia and shurima on the other hand, whole different story. the voodoo lands, many dangerous creatures, such as shadowbears, aka tibbers. shurima, xerath, if he were to help them. considering how he cares little for others and wants absolute power, doesnt seem unlikely. Kumungu and the plague jungles, even better. and 2 points of entry arent useful. doublesided invasion wouldnt be a bad thing per se, if it werent for the fact that the enemy could easily isolate the 2 armies and take them on one by one. also, Freljord has a bad placement. Also, biggest thing. the Institute of war. If you were to defeat it first, the rest of the armies would crumble. its key in a potential war. Freljord is way too far away and has every big nation inbetween. Shurima and Icathia are close to it, and nothing to cross over.

Zileans time manipulation isnt limited, he just cannot control it on his own. the "runes" are just to stabilize his powers, otherwise he cant use it. thats why he cant reset urtistan just like this. As for political manipulation, yes, she has the edge, but how does it help her? especially considering that its known that something evil is lurking in Freljord. Also, in terms of political manipulation, Leblanc is better. However, knowledge? Xerath was in the at that time very important civilization of shurima. his knowledge of magic is unrivaled. what kind of knowledge would be more important than that one? Syndra and Lissandra wont even come close to Xerath. nothing will. thats the thing. Xerath is pure arcane power. He unlocked the key to magic. He IS magic.

As for lissandra, she can only create it because she already has it. Ryze wont write a book because he cant.