User blog comment:Emptylord/Blogs/Upcoming class rework/@comment-26378838-20160604135203/@comment-3974211-20160604181211

Most marksmen can keep melee champions at bay if they have 4 allies deterring the melee champions from jumping on you. In Rift, even in mid lane, Cassioepia is all about kiting - even when using her Q primarily. I suppose Karthus and Cassiopeia could be put into a unique "spellslinger" sort of class, but that seems... Excessive.

And Captain is more defined by the ability to hold/defend (in Overwatch they'd be "Defense" heroes, which might be a better name but I feared that would be too easily mistaken with Tank, although Overwatch manages to have both classes). Maybe Azir could be a Captain (+Marksman), since he can use his zones defensively - but he can push those zones much more easily than any other Captain. Anivia, Zyra and Illaoi, etc, are all trash at leaving their zones. Hmm, maybe he'd be better in the sieger class since he's more about marching.