User blog comment:ZPPHR/Zane/@comment-4881935-20121109025854/@comment-4881935-20121109034532

u have a lot of abilities in his kit to keep him alive.

You're innate passive has a shield.

Your W passively increases his health and grants free heals (or what ever u want to call damage to health)

Your E gives passive movement speed (which allows him to keep his distance away from people)

Your R gives passive armor and magic resit.

I realize that you will only get one of them at a time, but basically all your abilities give some form of defensive boost, which is something melee champion only get because they need to survive getting in the middle of teamfights.