User blog comment:XEvarinya/From carry to support./@comment-24090792-20140301201448

i did expect this to happen from along time ago, so naturally i agree with you ( except in ashes case since she is still viable because she is AD and this syndrome is more likely to to be called mid mages falling to support ) as i now play mages as supports only as you have said becuase its boring to play leona, thresh, nami and lulu every single game and due to the fact that they are not effective in mid anymore.

ofc there are few mages who still can play mid well like malzahar, swain, fiddlestickz and brand but only those and no else comes to my mind.

as for why they work well with me mid ( even against assassins or anything except Leblanc when she hits level 6 ) its because they have at least 2 of those things :

1- a set of REALLY HIGH damaging ( Burst or DoT ) spells.

2- do not rely on an ulti with huge CD to kill.

3- strong CC ( silence, stun, fear or supress NOT slow or snare )

4- fairly easy to land combo ( targeted and/or skillshots with reasonable missile speed and hitbox - unlike anivias Q - and/or AoE with reasonable radius and delay - unlike veigars W and espicially when his E is below level 3 and your target have a dash since it wont be stopped by it - )

i still see midlane as an assassin lane ( although its can be hard for guys like kata, zed and akali but most assassins will stomp you easily as a mage in mid no matter how skilled you are espicially the likes of talon, fizz, pantheon, kassadin and leblanc and not consedering being camped by junglers who favour mages to camp more than adc because they are easily killed and for midlane being the most valuable objective point to take down first )

and if i were to have a mage mid against an assassin and i were the jungler, i will ignore his pleas for help ( beside holding up the tower ) and focus on snowballing top and bot and giving blue to them if needed rather than the mage becuase everyone will outscale him anyway mid-late game even if fed and end up being a support with a bit more damage but less effective CC as you have said