What if Retreat only gave Leap 3 and Mobility, and Soul Frost gave Psychological Warfare only to champions who had Fear before the spell effect?
He means that it is much easier to remove/add stats and existing abilities than it is to change a rune completely. So he can choose between changing one rune completely, or remove/add stats and existing abilities to multiple runes. Because of that, suggestions that remove/add stats and existing abilities are more likely to be implemented than redesign suggestions.
Since re-designs of abilities and non-champion runes typically require code time, it's much less likely they will make it in (doesn't mean they won't, but I don't have infinite resources in this area), while changes like replace X with Y on a champion is relatively quick.
Snaptooth Ancient: Judgement, Entangling attack, poison cloud rank 2 UP1. Reduce range to 4-5 Damage from 10 to 9. Bare in mind that Phase Shift will be affected by changes to Ghost.
Re: Phasing/Incorp stuff, I am going to wait til Incorporeal change to touch them. No sense in buffing them, then nerfing them.
I thought that the incorp changes were in the midterm patch. Regardless, I take all opportunities to say "Please buff Phase Spider" lest it be forgotten.
Homicidal Thug - Replace Scour 1/2/3 with Charge 1/2/3. He needs more mobility to get into combat to activate Scrapper so he isn't so squishy. Tainted Vinecreeper - Replace Plant Regeneration with something Sand related. Perhaps Desert Camoflague, Sand Trail, Sand-Fall, Desert Front, etc.
Brewmaster: -4 HP Base. Class changed to Brute from None Nora modifier added to keep cost the same after HP drop.
Why can't his class be Bard? 3 things happen when your drunk. You think you become the best dancer, poet, and singer you have ever known....
Firk botanist desperately needs help, especially if you put him beside thornflinger. I just can't think of any way to buff him.
Intoxicated gives +6 HP to Brutes. Brewmaster gives Brews which cause Intoxicated so its really a +2 HP "Buff". Just making him a Brute would be +6 HP and likely too strong.