User blog comment:Caporai/Gideon the Legion/@comment-96.22.49.131-20120726043326

This is clearly well thought out and you take into account a lot of balance aspects, and he fits the role of an assasin quite well. He has a lot of unique mecanics, and this gives him a huge skillcap. A prime example of this is managing his mana so his abilities will do more damage, without, of course, running out of mana so he won't be useless. His abilities synergize with each other, mostly, and there's a clear combo of assasinating a target by initiating with Phantom Rush, and hitting a target with Arcane Strike, the whole time having Spectral Blades active, which he will he able to take advantage of with the speed bonus from Arcane Strike. This lets him stick to a target (with the help of Phantom Rush's silence, as well) and continuously attack, which is where Spectral Blades' mana cost actually becomes an advantage, since it will increase the effectiveness of his passive. I'll repeat it again; his skill set has very good synergy with itself, however, nowhere in there does Wrath of the Legion come in. Sure, you can use it for the slow and damage, but it's a more team-fight based ability that doesn't fit in well with the rest of his kit, or his role as an assasin, especially with its long cooldown. And its % of Damage Blocked that scales with enemy mana causes simply too much complications with manaless champions. Otherwise, the rest of his abilities are well designed, and the short bit of lore you added isn't too shabby.