User blog comment:Lykrast/Aur, gold's master/@comment-3974211-20121201123650/@comment-5686533-20121201132045

It's not a timing champion, he is already difficult to play due to him only having a unreliable nuke as damage, a long cooldown passive that is better to use against monsters and a ultimate that isn't very powerful early game. And you still need to think for the 60 seconds, because he can simply get just an assist, it will grant you gold, but at least he will not suffer the nuke and you will gains less gold (and the cooldown won't be totally refreshed).

And Q is not intended for damage, it's for laning and teamfights.