User blog comment:Braineel/Scarab, the Beetle Blademaster/@comment-208.38.203.50-20120622173026

All things considered, a fairly balanced tank. Kind of low base hp regen, but his stats seem alright, considering. His ad is high as well, considering his status as tank, but that could easily be lowered slightly to balance him out.

I agree with the assumption that his q is high cost early and, paired with the low heal, not particularly worth it. I would nerf back the damage, improve the heal, and call that good.

For his w, nerfing the damage return is the safest bet. Improve the timing on the active, but make the return more damage, but not true. Say it returns any melee damage done with a base percentage, say 2/4/6/8/10.

I aprove of his e, although the cooldown seems high. for a tanky ability, this won't allow him to survive long, notwithstanding the decent length of time late game. I recommend making it a base duration, perhaps 4 seconds, and lowering the cooldown to 12. If you want, lower the cooldown incrimentaly, going from 17/16/15/14/13.

The early mana cost on his ult makes it relatively unusable. Having it end there, however, is completely viable late game. Starting it at 100 and ending it at 200 will allow players to use it almost immediately upon getting it. You need to bear in mind, this guy won't have high mana reserves. Having his only slow/dash cost that much is not a fun thing to deal with.

His innate is good, but I would substitute the attack speed with armor/magic resist percentage boost. For jungling, it would help almost as much, and it wouldn't make him seem like a certifiable dps. If he is supposed to be dps, then it works great! I suppose scaling it up as he reaches levels 6/11/16 might be a good idea, but it seems alright as is.

Again, all things considered, he's fairly balanced. I would consider trading the heal or knockback ability for a slow, as he will already be a tank. He's arguably the best champion concept I've seen here, balance wise, although he seems to remind me of a certain Warcraft 3 undead hero...