User blog comment:Commander Marko/Mirage, the Arcane Zealot/@comment-3391671-20150827001939/@comment-4290320-20150827091130

Thank you for your feedback!

I've had some... overloaded and complicated champions in the past. They were popular and people praised me for how much work I put in them. I decided to make Mirage's kit less overloaded in the sense that she does too many things at once.

She was initially meant to be a top laner. With the changes I've made over time, she's better off as a roaming mid laner or jungler while still being able to go top lane.

If you're also wondering about the low base values on her abilities, that's mostly like that since I don't want her to have insane damage output with that passive. Having her switch from stance to stance to maximize her damage output makes he have some predictability. Her having to go in for the shield can give enemies some time to react to her because she's not the sturdiest of champions.

If Mirage happens to activate Last Stand on an area rich with Arcanum, Last Stand deals double damage. This can be useful in many situations, but those situations require a lot of factors: nearby minions dying, taking out another champion, having people stand on the Arcanum, etc. I think most people will get it at first glance.