i want a revert of his rework, he does far less damage than before even when landing all skill shots and relies way more on tanking and is more of a generic wave clearing mage that wave clears poorly. his kit is one of the most inconsistent in the game and he gets countered too easily.
the thing is, his "combo" doesn't work against anybody with a dash, cc reduction lowers his damage output by a lot and is highly inconsistent.
his insanely high cooldowns and low damage makes laning him mid lane basically like an akali or diana lane, pretty much get shit on before level 6. except when he his level 6 his power spike isn't near as much and he still gets outranged. he loses every mid lane match up against any meta champion.
top lane he does a lot better but still prone to ganks and MR items allow most anybody to outduel him just because he can't kill the opponent before he runs out of mana.
he is much more powerful in team fights, but good luck not getting shitted on before then.
he's face roll freelo in plat and below, but completely useless in high elo.