User blog comment:Atmey/PBE Karma impressions/@comment-7006769-20130331200044

Ugh i did not bother reading all comments here because im actually busy (lazy *cough*) so forgive me when i repeat things.

How you compare skills doesnt make much sense. At least not all of them. Morganas Q with her W. 1st is a skillshot that hits the very first target and the second is targetable, a DoT and snares after 2 seconds. Completely different. Ahri has to hit her target twice to deal the full damage and can only apply a maximum 15% slow with a Rylais. And comparing skills and adding items on top of that is BS anyway. You compare the "naked" skills. Her base stats and ratios and not some crazy secondary effects from items that are useful on the one but not so much on the other.

Passive:

I often had situations in teamfights when you hit enough spells and get enough CDR that i could use my Mantra at least twice. And if it is a really long hit-and-run fight then you can use it even three times or maybe even more. Her Mantra skills are now alot stronger so it needs a decent cooldown and her passive can, with good play, reduce it by alot. The old passive was very random and unreliable and didnt make much sense anyway.

Q:

You compare it with Jayce Q. Okay, they are quite similar but have some major differences. 1st the cooldown. 5 seconds and 8 seconds. 5 seconds is spammable and almost every champ has one of those short CD skills that deal not so much damage but are just there so you have at least something when your other stuff is on cooldown. 2nd it adds a slow. An AoE slow.

W:

Feels relatively weak indeed. But again you compare it with COMPLETELY and i really mean completely different skills. Cass' Q, wtf? Malz' Q? It is her own "hard" cc and maybe they did not want to be it as strong as other skills. There are a few champs that have skills that feel rather weak but add utility to the champ and thats why they keep it weak. The empowered version is pretty shitty, i agree with that. At least the heal ratio could use a serious buff. The base heal CAN be good for baiting but its too risky and unreliable.

E:

What you said. Good shield with huge but short MS buff. Perfect for kiting.

RQ:

Jayces EQ does not more damage. And no, the entire enemy team cannot kite out of the AoE field. The AoE is just as big as other AoEs. Its good damage and with good positioning and good use of your passive you can use it more than once in teamfights.

RW:

Yeah as i said, its pretty shitty. Look at the W section.

RE:

So basically a mini Shurelyas paired with a Locket, paired with Barrier and that on top of a bunch of AoE damage. Well if that isnt good enough for you then i do not know what a champ should have.

To the mana costs. AP carries do have high mana costs, especially when the skills add alot of utility. And there are enough ways to deal with mana costs. It is not like shes the only one with high mana costs or has the highest vosts ever.

So the only thing that i consider too weak on her is her W, especially the Mantra version.