User blog comment:DoctorAsawa/Mute, the Silent One/@comment-6611681-20130508134525

Actually his passive is OK... althou I just saw that champ and don't know how he was before the nerfs. It really requiers strategy over blind rush. For example I would NEVER focus him with Diana or Akali but instead ask for the ranged AD to burst him down, since they rely on AAs rather than spell rotation. 1 second is rather long in LoL... trust me. And 1 second per champ is rather on the OP side... but better way is to give the ability internal CD. Like silience for 2 seconds and then 60 sec CD. If he is used as support, this way the ADC will have to expose him/herslef and do some damage, before say Leona dash in or Blitz/Thresh go for the pull. Othewise, in the case of Leona, she will be quite unhapy ending silenced under enemy turret :D

When it comes to the rest of his kit... you are joking right? The only thing I like about this champ is infact the passive. For everything else we have Kassadin... or Malzahar but preferably Kassadin for the OP mobility. Bottom line is - Give this guy some damage. It's not like your crippling ADCs... ok, they might not be using abilities, but in most cases they don't need to anyway. With 1k crit damage why should they waste mana on you?