User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Why is Mid one-sided?/@comment-6365971-20130322164156

Well, first off I wanted to say Kat doesn't always snowball. I can outplay a Kat as ANY character mid, and I've proven it before. (Sorry got defensive, she's my main and it's painful when people say she's OP and a champ for noobs.)

But okay the reasons I feel that counters are so important here:

Bot lane has an adc who is always getting focused by the enemy, but they have a support for healing and such. Top is generally a bruiser who is really tough, and can't be killed. Mid? Ha. Squishy all alone with TWO LANES to watch from. A jungler marching up to you = death. (Ward always)

Mid champs are AP. AP champs ar burst damage not dps. If you go against a high burst like LeBlanc as a "Insert squishy champ here", you go down fast.

^another thing on that point, you do all your damage from spells. Only a couple mids actually have attack damage worht noting. So when someone silences you (say a Kassadin, king of the middle lane), what are you going to do? Waltz over to him with your little puny magic staff and poke him? Nope. And guess what? You silenced Kass? Oh that's okay he'll just slice you to peics with his nether BLADE thingy as he silence you back.

I felt like I had mroe, but I can't remember anything else. So IN SHORT:

You have one squishy champ to watch out for ganks from two lanes.

AP mids are burst damage not dps. A high enemy burst (LeBlanc/Kass) against a squishy mid won't do.

THE SILENCES. A silence ruins the enemy's bursting power, and with so few mids having decent attack damage, you can't do anything.