User blog comment:JmLyan/Shoru, the Unseen Shadow/@comment-25548091-20141030002135/@comment-7709681-20141030014215

Despite I don't like the concept either, it seems like it is for other reasons, but thankfully that's not the point:

Title: Is called "The Unseen Shadow" due to its theme - a high dependance on remaining unseen to the enemy team, if you want literal shadows then go with Zed.

Innate: Do you realise that, beside the fact that E's stealth has a delay, the Innate (Aswell as most of the kit) is countered by just warding, right? Beside, passive percentual regenerations already exist and have far more powerful examples, such as Garen and Dr. Mundo; the problem with such passive is that means free sustain when roaming, and the concept is designed precisely for that, that's all.

Q: The only problem here is the short time window between the shields' duration and the potential cooldown, aswell as being AoE, but is actually balanced (If not underpowered due to "unseen" dependance) beside that.

W: Pretty much an standart mobility tool, that's all; next.

E: Perhaps the only bit of my interest on the kit; but again, from the point of view of the self-cast is pretty much another known concept: Become stealthed, once you break stealth, your basic attack(s) / spell cast (s) are empowered.

R: For refference, please direct yourself to the ult of Slithice, the Naga Siren, the diference here is that, on the original ability, the ability is a mobile aura rather than a point-blank AoE (If she moves enough enemies can be freed from the ability's effects) and, despite they are not able to be damaged nor further disabled over the duration, are still targetable (For example, to debuff them).

And maybe, just maybe, you're exagerating.