User blog comment:Shigfugjum/A Display Of Magic: Revisiting AP Ezreal/@comment-24090792-20140326032732/@comment-24090792-20140326180617

@ Shinaliss : mages currently have lower bases AND scalings than both marksmen and assassins when they should have more in BOTH because niether do they have low cds ( they should if they dont ) nor they mix cc with mobility like assassins do ( add a great aa in case of an ad assassins too ) and niether do they have cirtical chance on their spells nor the ability to build items that block it ( there is nothing like this anyway ) like marksmen do with banshee veil or hexdrinker without losing damage thanks to critical chance ( add a great deal of mobility or cc too as all marksmen do have one or even both of them in case of some marksmen ) and thats why mages must have BOTH higher bases and scalings than assassins and marksmen to give them a unique feature that is not shared and surpassed by other classes.