User blog comment:ChickenKfc/Playing MiD/@comment-5419795-20130426022834

Freezing mid is usually a bad idea, in my experience, unless you're playing a tanky mid-laner like Swain. You just want to CS, and once you feel confident shove and roam (not true for every mid-laner, like Karthus, but most AP casters are more use to their team if they assist the other lanes).