User blog comment:LivesByProxy/Heir To Blackblade: Fulfilling League's Thief Fantasy/@comment-9155327-20160410125350/@comment-26815373-20160411181349

Thanks! Glad you like her. I would like to think she'd be one of League's most loved champions in the same way is.

The idea of giving her a key was two-fold: 1) I think a key makes sense for a thief (i.e. flavor), and, 2) if Riot wants to keep creating marksmen (they do) they're gonna have to get creative with their firearms. I had actually thought of your suggestion for my passive as a possible ability for her E, as it's like a very limited which I wanted her to have. I felt like it conflicted with her ultimate though, which is suppose to be the 'steal-spell' move of her kit, so I decided against it.

I really think her Q will create some super fun opportunities, and has a lot of subtle little uses with her other abilities. Her W is the same, though now I want it to work with the most recent passive I've given her. X.X

Her E is a little odd, I know. My thinking was that she needed some form of CC if she's to be a 'real' support, and I really wanted her to have a cause thieves are quiet, y'know? The heal might've been too much though. I'm still debating on it. BTW, she does have some escape abilities, namely her Q and it's stealth, and her E helps well, and, if all else fails, her ulti is a dash. I also want her to have to kite, and side-step, and not be a mobility freak. I like the gameplay / skill of attack-moving, and I want champions that require that level of skill.

I think her ulti is pretty cool too! (but I'm biased, so...)