Talk:Heimerdinger/@comment-66.112.230.80-20120828062137/@comment-5052127-20120901110925

To me, that new passive (along with making his mana even worse) doesn't necessarily make him less safe if he wants to be safe, the rest of his abilities to me still say he will be a very safe laner if he plays passively (and still VERY dangerous to get near)... it's more designed to deal with the problem of how safely a defensive champ with exceptional range can harass enemies, with no real consequence... late game, this is just poke damage, in lane, this is a BIG problem.

The real problem in his kit is that you can almost never trade damage with him in lane f ypu are most champs... He will do more to you just getting in range to harass him, and then regenerate whatever you did to him anyway...

That mechanic would make him run out of mana quickly if he wants to harass you much, and then he will have to come out of his little safe area to replenish it if he wants to stay in lane, and without his regeneration, he will have to think a little bit more about being aggressive, since now he CAN take significant damage from harass if he plays recklessly, and it will stick on him.