Maybe the Morde rework can introduce other duo lanes?
Possible Duo top or duo mid.
With Duo top he would be able to pressure the solo laner extremely hard, being able to keep TP on him due to his shield and support protecting him and all he has to do is deal damage to the dragon to summon it so he can tp to drag- get the ghost then proceed to take bot tower while support holds top.
I don't know, it just seems like it opens up cool combinations of the meta.