User blog comment:Whatehf/Malia, Child of Earth/@comment-1330314-20140205065941/@comment-24486537-20140205100333

I agree with maybe cutting the movement speed buff on Vigor, it was mostly in there for thematic purposes: vigor, movement, etc. I think an ap scaling on the attack speed does make sense.

Energy bolts is a little off without the lore that I have in my head, I agree. The main reason it doesn't revolve around throwing rocks is because I didn't want it to sound like a pokemon move (e.g. rock smash, rock throw, rock slide). I didn't give it any utility because I felt like giving her strong poke and utility in one ability seemed like too much power. Malia is supposed to excel in long trades with use of Sacred Ground and Sand Trap, not be able to poke particularly well.

Sacred Ground is actually he result of a couple typos right now. It is supposed to scale 12% AP and last for 4 seconds, but I muddled the values and forgot the duration while writing up the page. I think I was unclear with the language of the passive in regards to Sand Trap, in that while they are on the area of sand trap her passive will affect the,. This lets allies chase slowed targets better with increased attack speed.

The thing about Wave of Hope is that everything you suggest changes it away from what I like about it. It's a wide band long range targeted heal and knockback. This makes you really think about how to use it. Do I save it for the fight to try and turn it, or do I initiate for the knockback and as buff, even if I lose some of the healing ability? Do I peel directly only for my carry with it and thus miss out on some team members that might need it also? Those decisions are what I really like about the ability. What you suggest there is basically a Nami ult, which isn't really what I'm going for. Malia is supposed to have a duality between damage and healing, and her kit is supposed to reflect that. I do think maybe a buff to the width or mana cost might be in order though.

These were just my reasons for what I did, Thanks for the feedback!