User blog comment:Nhan-Fiction/(Custom, Fan-made Champ) Cerule, the Mystic Mermaid/@comment-4881935-20121031204016/@comment-5001455-20121031212049

Thank you for taking the time to write a civil and fair opinion on this design. I realize that there are many radical concepts for Cerule. After all, I am just one person with some friends who put this together, whereas Riot has entire departments to figure this kind of stuff out separately (and even then, LoL has had its share of champs who ended up as duds here and there).

I believe that LoL will need to take the plunge at some point toward "more extreme" designs. I am someone who came from DotA into LoL, you see, so I know what "crazy" champion design looks like. At times, LoL seems to play it too safe, and this is why a lot of characters are perceived as rehashes/uncreative.

The concept of a displacement mage like Cerule may be a bit too ahead of its time, but I do think with further number tweaks and skill adjustments, it could work. Displacement does have double-edge sword aspects. We all have had our experiences of bad throws from Singed or a Gragas ultimate that goes awry (I have missed the entire enemy team with a Malphite ultimate because of my ally Gragas knocking everyone away).

And Cerule being capable of jumbling people around could have bad outcomes, which is a big aspect of her design along with generally weaker numbers.

But yeah, I am willing to make the necessary tweaks and adjustments until Cerule is deemed "balanced." Riot spends months with a lot of their champions before they are released, so I don&apos;t expect Cerule to be right as rain in the early outings. Whether it is making Cerule&apos;s E a channeling move or something along the same lines, I am willing to listen to feedback. So if you have any number ideas or anything to give, please let me know. :)

Finally, thank you for acknowledging all the hard work that went into this. It really means a lot to everyone who has done something for this project. ^^