User blog comment:JmLyan/Arath, the Power Charger/@comment-13536822-20130802024421

Hey. I like his idea, and I'd like to see a description and some lore if you could find the time to include it, but a problem I have is with the charge system. I saw this same problem with the bullet-special resource character that was made yesterday. The amount of resource you have feels too low, and unlike the bullet guy, who I'm pretty sure was an adc (unless he's a mage?) this is a mage, and only three charges isn't a lot of burst. 100 ap isn't really "true" as at most, you have enough for 2 tier 2 shots, 3 tier 1 shots, 1 tier 3 shot, or 1 tier 2 shot and 2 tier 1 shots in a burst. This makes the champion feel a bit weak to me, as every champ has some kind of combo they can pull off.

Even rengar, with his 1 ferocity skill every once in a while, has at least some control over when he can fight and go in for the kill. You may note that drastically altered energy sources are given to melee champs usually (ex: Rengar, Shyvana, Ninjas, Renekton) and I think this is mostly because they are close range, so they get more methods to restore their resource with.

Meanwhile, looking at your abilities, Arath is going to be doing some damages, but never quite enough, because you end up choosing between one big damage and a few tinier big damages, unless you have the ult, which still isn't as much as even with 4 charges, you will never have enough for two tier 3 shots, which would really make him worth it to play, despite nerfing damage,  as two super-strong attacks in a row seems awesome in my view.

Besides that, it's a good idea, and I feel like I might be bashing a little, but it just feels like he's a lane winning champ, not a teamfight winning one, because simply, it doesn't seem like you'd ever have enough burst to kill an enemy in one fight, only in multiple pokes, then leaving to charge, then back again. Plus, if you miss a skillshot, as I think all the abilities are except for 2, you just wasted almost all your damage. So that's it.