[Patch 3.11] General Discussion - Page 73

When looking at his kit, it screams "doesn't contribute enough" to me: his passive needs him to kill stuff so it doesn't see much use, his ult could grant him tankiness but he'd need time for this and he'd easily lose it on death (esp. considering his budget won't give him much to bolster this HP buffer).
Because of this he seems closer to some kind of poke/disengage support, using Rupture (although it could be used to try and get an initiation if the enemy comp lacks poke to punish his going in front), or a more defensive role, peeling for his carry with Rupture and Feral Scream (especially against caster assassins like Zed, Akali, etc. over Fizz or Irelia) and using his ult to help nuke the diver.

During the laning phase he seems quite weak: he doesn't have the pure damage output of Taric, Leona, etc. until level 6, nor does he have any form of sustain (shields/heals) and his poke/harass is limited because he's melee with either short or hard to hit spells.
Although I noticed that Rupture is a one-point wonder for everything but damage, and most notably the 9s cd, which is significantly shorter than other supports' cc (Nami's Q, Lulu's W, Zyra's E, Leona's E/Q, etc.), at least until they're maxed. So with a player able to reliably land Rupture, it's possible to bait out/trade so the enemy is down his escape/cc abilities, then use the gap to reengage and win more convincingly. Also abusing his ult's short cd the way Leona uses hers against, say, Sona (she disengages when both hit 6, but Solar Flare'll be up before Crescendo and then she'll have nothing). This style would lose hard to all-in duos though.