User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Concept) Bak Mei, the Iron Fist/@comment-5588011-20150930231110/@comment-5588011-20151001161021

Pantheon would be wrecked by this dude completely, as well as other mid-lane champions. Yet despite that  he seems unable to actually make plays, and only merely follow up on other champions. That feels bad for both players.

Also I don't really get what you mean by outplayed in turn, his projectile block is such a low CD that it's virtually impossible for a clear phase of opportunity where you can say "Oh hey, I'm safe to attack him." That feels bad for the enemy player.

Also Pantheon's gameplay is basically - Throw a spear, if I can do some leap in and stab them a little. A huge amount of his damage is distilled into his spear, especially when harassing. To nullify that is to make him an inferior assassin.

To be fair, this champion feels like a worse Riven for both players involved because the play-making is essentially "I blocked a strong projectile which is something I can do every other second!" And your character's inability to make plays compared to Riven. And the opposing player who says "Oh hey my projectile actually hit!" When it should be. "Oh hey I struck the champion who can block projectiles every few seconds because I accurately took notice of his cooldowns." Which is a far more healthy gameplay thought for the both players involved.

Also it's virtually impossible at a high elo to fail an instananeous basically projectile spellshield that's free and occurs every two seconds at the very least. If Yasuo could use his Wind Wall every two seconds but have an immensely small width it would be this champion's E.

Furthermore due to the small cooldowns of every skill Q and W have little decision making and become a button mash, at least with Riven the ability's are different, meaning it has a higher possiblity of play-making and gameplay. I really think the main problem I found with his is how the base idea of all the attacks is a directional targetted short range. With effects added 'on-top' of it. Unlike other abilities where they're all completely different.