User blog comment:BestNaPlayer/Sycamore the Warden/@comment-22636720-20140510154318

ok so i didnt get what the theme was but im guessing this champion's goal is to protect an ally from attacks... but with his skills he would become an AD Bruiser rather than a AP or AD Support.

* First of all, usually any buff skills or protection skills could also be used on the caster itself, so his Q and E skills could ultimately be used for his own gain rather than for his allies. * Second, his not a Mage or an AP in any sense. His Ult only uses AP but does potentially nothing to do damage to his target. He ultimately lacks AP scaling used for damage or at least protection. * Lastly, his only damage-dealing spell is an AD scaling skill, so if you look at what you created this would most likely be an AD Bruiser. The player would concentrate on an AD-based build then he'll use Sycamore's Skill on himself then diving a tower since his passive gives a barrier and his q can stop projectiles. then use his W when close enough then either continue to try and kill the champ or back-off till both Q and his passive is available.

This is certainly not a support but even if his used as an AD he would still be a bad champion compared to others with Dash skill or jump skills. if you plan on making him AD my advice is that you replace his E its not really useful and he really does not need it change it to a dash skill or something