User blog comment:Whatehf/Malia, Child of Earth/@comment-1330314-20140205065941/@comment-24486537-20140205195346

I made some changes based on a few of your comments an some things that I thought of on my own. The change to her Q rewards you for poking and lets you buff allies with vigor more, as well as making it a better poke. For Sand Trap, I felt a viktor-esque mechanic oculd be intersting ,as the quicksand sucks you down and traps you. It also gives her better initiation. Wave of hope now doesn't counteract itself as much, with the silence instead of knockback.

The thing aobut some of the things you're suggesting is that it makes her into a cookie cutter champion, something I'm trying very hard to avoid. There's nothing interesting about making a champion with abilities exactly like everyone else's.