User blog comment:Ricoindigo/WORK IN PROGRESS : Mage update patch for Season 6/@comment-7709681-20160129025826/@comment-7709681-20160129142414


 * 1) That's no defense, that's zoning, I meant and actual defensive ability, as she's meant to be played upclosed and personal.
 * 2) Making the debuff just amp damage and CC is no different from the current interaction, in fact, you got rid of the Poison debuff and made three build-in debuffs in order to substitute it (Going against what I pointed out). Not only she doesn't interacts with other sources with the debuff anymore (Singed's Q, Teemo's E, Twitch's Innate and Grump's jungle buff), but also convolutes the existing system.
 * 3) Agree
 * 4) All champions must feel unique to play, and if by presence you mean more damage, then she's no different from a Karthus or a Brand (Which are more safer picks than her) and doesn't help much, specially when now, as by your rework, has a single reliable damaging ability (As the ultimate is still the clunky ability that we know) that depends of having too much damage with highly refreshing CC on a bigger area at a really short cooldown.
 * 5) She does not resemble one, but is inspired in them and, since they'll rework her, is the best time to actually invest neurones into drawing actual gameplay around it, to say the least, as by actually behave like an actual venomous snake, which your kit doesn't respond either.