User blog comment:Numinous J/Dir'Rak, Paragon of Entropy/@comment-26815373-20170503061017/@comment-26815373-20170503163125

The way I imagined W, the tethered target wouldn't be effected. The circular AoE is formed between Dir'Rak and his target, meaning his target would be on the circumfrence. IDK if that's how it's suppose to work, but it seems fair that way. If that's not how it was intended, then it is indeed a R, or at the very least, a suped up  W.