User blog comment:Emptylord/Champion reworks/My Mid Year Mage Update/@comment-26815373-20160310193711/@comment-3974211-20160311234515


 * That is an interesting Pillar of Flame empowerment.


 * I think Sivir's thing is "mercenary". She was hired by Cassiopeia, but I'm not sure "tomb raiding" is suppose to be the only thing Sivir does. Who knows, though - her new lore is supposedly coming out very soon. I called it a Ward because it wards-off an area (and because I think usage of the term "ward" is becoming far too sight-related rather than its true meaning of "to protect"). Having wall-mounted traps was just an interesting way to make the casting paradigm different to Noxious Blast and Noxious Trap without changing how the ability is used. Another idea I had was a wall-shaped trap that Cassiopeia puts up in places and when an enemy walks through the cloud collapses around them (like running through a wall of cobwebs). But I thought it would look cooler to have ornate snake plaques on the wall...


 * Yeah... it was a series of events that each seemed appropriate as I went forward with them (see below my response to TacoParadox if you wanna see how I got from A to B). "Kidnapping a target" is a neat ability that I definitely think should be implemented on a champion - but I feel it's best suited for either a support or an assassin/duelist, of which Malzahar isn't really either. Malzahar doesn't really want to be on his own with someone of the enemy team, especially not without his current combo. (You've just reminded me I need to finish working on my Void Support custom champion concept...)


 * It does seem super appropriate, doesn't it?