Talk:Heimerdinger/@comment-71.194.119.198-20120827193611/@comment-5052127-20120829152558

One more thing, it doesn't look like they are getting rid of his defensive gameplay, if anything they are making him more defensive late game. Remember he was balanced late game before all those nerfs.. they have a lot of leeway to make him both more damaging AND more defensive.

The new passive idea does look like they are aiming to make him a little less OP in lane though... he can still lane extremely safely and be super defensive and impossible to touch if he wants, but in exchange for that safety he will actually have to be passive... if he starts harassing the enemy like a lunatic, he will have to grab junk for mana and make himself more vulnerable. He will still have plenty of mana and defense to keep people far away from him (or kill them) in lane... and late game he will be more defensive than he is now while also doing more damage.