Talk:Draven/@comment-50.103.29.97-20120531021657/@comment-50.103.29.97-20120602002319

"Mages = AP CARRIES."

That's a very stupid definition the community has adopted, because it's ambiguous and misleading.

It lumps Burst Damage Mages (typical Effect/Nuker Mages) into the same category as Sustained Damage Mages (what I call AP Carries) with no room for distinction.

Plus, compared to actual AD Carries, their damage is laughably bad in late game. By logic, shouldn't AP Carry mean the same thing, but with magic damage?

There's a rather large discontinuity in performance between the two, with a few exceptions (Karthus can nuke for over 400 AoE raw damage every 0.6 seconds with Lay Waste. Yeah, I'm sure his sustained damage is totally comparable to the chick who can do that TWICE every 6 seconds...)