User blog comment:Shinen-san/Shard, the Broken Reflection (anti-magic support champion concept)/@comment-6292556-20150520092443/@comment-7709681-20150521040028

@ Shinen-San: Sorry but that doesn't make sense, he was a mere spirit of nature prior to the events, he became the guardian of the Isles' old life after the ritual was done, when he materialized within a crippled tree damaged by the aftermath, despite he could flee before the events.

Was either flee and let life die, or stay and prolong it until the bitter end, but not both, Shard is a burdened being, merely by been frustrated for being left unheard, but nonetheless wise for his resolve, else he would rot beneath the miasma. And that doesn't make Maokai less good than Shard, rather the opposite.