User blog comment:ZPPHR/Lyle/@comment-1330314-20140914083204/@comment-5638912-20140915003919

Hi, I really appreciate your feedback. Thanks for taking the time to read and write all that.

You're totally right about the cool-downs of his abilities, I'll give you that, so I reduced them to be more spammable. Concerning 's crit chance, I made it a flat 30% at all levels and now scales a bit less with mana. I did intently make it so that he either gets the bonus or not, because its based on volatility and instability. I think now is more reliable early-mid game.

I aggree with you that his mana costs were a bit high, but I just decided to make 's cost to be a percentage of his maximum mana and now costs less mana and is now more spammable. As of 's expenditure it already stated within the ability details that it stops at, and cannot get Lyle below, 40% of his maximum mana (but I just changed that to 30% :P).

The only similarity with is the damage mana ratio, because I actually based the ability on  and  more than I did on 's. The ranges were indeed a bit off-hand, I did got miscarried with the really-long-range mage concept, so I adjusted all of his ranges. Also, no longer heals, but instead shields Lyle for every strike made. This makes him durable during fights, but running out of mana will eventually make him retreat (that's why I don't want to make any part of his kit restore mana, that's for another concept, hehe).

About, its damage isn't a DoT but an AoE. Its damage effect is not instant, it travels in waves that expand outward from Lyle (roughly over 1 second or a bit less to reach its full range), so enemies would know when to move out and come in, so not much harm to Caitlyns surrounding Lyle. My main intention with is for Lyle to be tempted to use mana with the rest of his abilities while depleting his mana pool, reaching 30% max mana will of course end the effect and Lyle will have to wait for his mana and/or crit down the remaining cool-down (he can also still recall).

Thanks again for the comment, I'm really glad. IF you can, take another moment and read the new changes, I'd really like to read what you think. Have a nice day.