User blog comment:Bachoru/Your job in a team/@comment-3358335-20110401195054/@comment-3325853-20110404214051

Mages don't have to have CC....they just tend to...but also most of them have their CC really to be part of their "combo"...look at Anivia, Ryze, Veigar where the CC is critical to their combo...the same is mostly true of Kass, LeBlanc, and Annie. They can all use their CC in normal ways as just a CC, but it's mostly in conjunction with their combo...so I wouldn't consider "having a CC" as a requirement for being a mage. Karthus is definitely a mage (although 80% slow on wall is basically CC). /shrug