User blog comment:KROLK88/Igzurhn,The Mana Manipulator/@comment-24377865-20140717153343/@comment-7709681-20140717214349

I don't even realise it, but due to the long duration of the channelling the ability would be virtually useless, in a teamfight there is a higher chance that the enemy team will die before you can teleport them to base, and the gap is too long that is granted enough time to disable it.