So I've tried out the space dragon for the first time several days ago and this happened.
TL;CR: I chose top at first. Realized that I couldn't compete against Darius and Garen. Went bot, I could barely deal with Taric. So I went mid and our Jhin was annoyed by my presence. All the while, I couldn't last hit because of my low autoattack damage and overall squishiness. So I just spammed Q and called it an day.
Are all mages this hard to farm with?
Are you ignoring your vigilant source of damage that is those 3 stars circling around your champ?
He's just different because of his passive. Play around with it and you will find it it's actually very easy to farm with his passive and auto attacks in conjuction, especially since Aurelion Sol's autoattack animation is especially crisp feeling, to me anyway.
Your passive
I played couple of games with him, and i also had farming problems. That is because of his passive. His passive can totally screw you up at some situations.
He's awkward to farm with at first, but you get used to it.
You are getting distracted by the passive. Try to forget the stars when you are trying to cs, unless you want to push. It's not 100% efficient, hut it should be enough to start.
