User blog comment:Jens Ingels/Champion Concept Idea/@comment-1748472-20140120000030/@comment-1748472-20140126013606

The problem with such a complex skill is that they are incredibly tricky to balance. It is easy to undertune but even easier to absolutely overtune it.

It appears to be a very fluid champion so a wind up time would probably stagnate his gameplay too much. Then again it could make it too easy to land multiple hits, especially if the projectile speed is too high, and make the skill too powerful.

Also maybe a stun on such a short CD skill is too much. Given the powerful follow up with W a slow could be enough already.

Regarding his role, I would put him into the AP Bruiser zone. AD Carries need some sort of auto attack steroid while AP Carries have lots of damage packed into their abilities. If you give him high damage on TOP of this much CC possibilities it might be too much.

I would give his R another interaction with his Q. Maybe auto attaching all available Q stacks to enemies within a certain range and sucking life from them. Or reflecting some damage he takes during that time equally towards linked targets.