User blog comment:Lykrast/Nosorog, the fearless leader/@comment-5663427-20140927130217/@comment-5686533-20140927130951

I wanted this guy to have really really REALLY impactful abilities with huge costs (especially when compared to his mana pool) and cooldown.

And W is harder to land than Vayne or Poppy due to the short windup time and the dodgeable nature. Could still be abused, but there is that.

Well I was out of ideas for passive and E.

R is something that seems hard to tune, so I don't really know.