User blog comment:Commander Marko/CCC5 - Linkhan, the Horseman of Apocalypse/@comment-1330314-20140907071636/@comment-1330314-20140909075528

"I made AoW a target ability so Linkhan wouldn't feel too much like Xin, Wu or Garen."

You shouldn't be afraid of implementing something that's similar to another champion's ability. The only real difference here is that turning Art of War into an AA reset just gives it better synergy with on-hit/on-attack effects, and clears up the distinction between AoW and autoattacks.

The new Death Surge looks nice, and gives Linkhan good in-combat mobility. Be mindful that a double dash mechanic like this, which gives Linkhan an effective dash range of 1250, means he's going to be going straight for the enemy back line, which would make him extremely good at killing squishies.

In its current form, I think Apocalypse mostly goes against Linkhan's design. Apocalypse + Death Surge is about the equivalent of a Malphite ult, which would make Linkhan an extremely good initiator when he's supposed to be focused on cleaning up and becoming extremely powerful towards the end of a fight. The missing health damage both goes against the ult's use (you're going to use it for the AoE CC, not for execution) and treads over Linkhan's passive. I think it needs a redesign in order to better work with the rest of Linkhan's kit.