User blog comment:Asfidyll/Savaras, the Pyromancer's Halo/@comment-5658488-20130905143639

Positive Things First:

-I love the concept of a Melee/Flame Champion

-I love the Lore and connection to Brand

-I love the fact the Halo's can richochet, that makes for a lot of skill necessary to make clutch plays

-Love that quote at the end of the Lore

-I like the concept of charged abilities and understand what you say about the cooldown. Similar to vi's E or Akali's Ult, right?

Next the Negative things:

-The passive's current state has an extremely high percentage; this along with taking Render in Flames at Level 1, The unkown regneration time on the Halo charges, AND the additional damage gained from each richochet; A person can easily burst another champ to zero at level 1.

-I don't see an efffective gap closer, unless you consider the combo of Embers from Set Them Ablaze along with Hellfire Pentacle

-The cooldown and mana costs need to be visited since they're so low early on, it would make for a menace whose poke would burst.

-His kit, as far as his stun is very similiar to Brand or Xerath but thats not too bad, repetition isn't the worst thing in the world.

-His ult makes along with his Hellfire Pentacle means you have an oppurtunity to quickly get into position in a teamfight for his ult. Unfortunately unlike Xerath who can root himself and then burst from the backlines where he is protected, Savaras needs to be in the middle of the fray to even make sure his ultimate is effective. Rooting yourself in the center of a fight is not the best idea, especially a high-priority burst-mage like this. He lacks a defensive ability or an escape.

My advice(Just friendly suggestion, don't feel pressured to follow what I say):

-Visit low mana costs and make them higher at early levels

-Make cooldowns higher at early level

-Keep the AP ratios the same but visit base damage

-Also, I STRONLY suggset you rework the *additional* from each richochet into *reduced* damage from each richochet. Look to Nami's "Ebb and Flow" for the reasoning behind this.

-Rework the numbers on or scrap the passive. I suggest something defensive similar to how Wukong gains armor based on champions in his immediate vicinity. The only other answer I see to his position vulnerability is a Zhonya's hourglass being essential.

This is what I thought of, but this is honestly one of my personal favorites for a concept and has a lot of potential. Keep up the good work and I hope to see him in the league :)

-BrokenVintage, NA