Talk:Darius/@comment-25532677-20150901165531/@comment-7765731-20150902164427

He's already disabling his ability to do anything else to you while charging his Q - on top of being more kiteable than he ever was before. While the net gain of hitting with a Q (as long as you hit the blade) is higher than before - seeing how you'll deal ~equal or higher damage depending on the point of the game on top of the heal - it's also a downside compared to before. The self-disable means he stacks his passive slower on you, and if he doesn't hit the blade in an already started fight, he likely lost that fight right there. I'd go so far as to say that you might (situationally of course) want to outright flash into his face mid-fight when he uses his Q in a thus far even lane, simply because of the fact that he relies on hitting that blade so much.

Also, I doubt you'd want to gate even more of his power to his Noxian Might, since it being so important to him is the biggest reason they'll buff him - he's practically useless if he cannot get it off in fights.