User blog comment:DoctorAsawa/Mute, the Silent One/@comment-6941076-20130327165545

as per the other comments, this passive is too much. any competent character will easily shred 10% in a second, leading to a silence + burst (from Q) every 5 seconds. not to mention this character will be squishy, so even tanks and supports are susceptible to this. I cant think of a single AP mid in this entire game that could win trades vs this guy, passive silence + Q = cheap, highly effective trading that no-one could possibly match. not to mention that it will instantly disable all kinds of suppresion ultimates due to the silence effect (WW's R? nope. Malz's? nope. you name it and its gone.). This passive is beyond fixing, I honestly feel that it needs to be changed. even if its cooldown was a minute then he still gets a free 450(+10xlevel)(+150%AP) shot from his passive/Q combo every minute.

that being said, I really enjoy the rest of his kit. I do feel that the ultimate is slightly weak right now, but I can't think of a way to balance that without breaking it right now. He's a bit too reliant on silence right now, perhaps make his E deal damage in an area IN ADDITION to its current effect? right now his total damage vs unsilenced enemies is... his unbuffed Q and his AA's, which is not an awful lot!

I hope you keep the updates coming man, i'd really like to see how this guy works out!