Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-5419934-20121223143249/@comment-3974211-20140415130811

Low mobility, single-target nukers — such as Malzahar, Veigar and Syndra — generally fall off late game because the ability to kill a single target becomes less important. Mages are suppose to create pressure in mid-game skirmishes to allow the marksman to find his feet - because the marksman is public-enemy-number-one, but mid-game the mage actually does more damage.