I want him to be a zombie again but other than that I like him. I also think that all zombies should have kept ZA as a base ability because that is what zombies do.
Maybe I'm missing something, but what is exactly good about him now if he lost half of his abilities while keeping same cost and stats?
The fact that all other ranged champions with comparable damage and range in FW is through the roof in nora cost.
He got burn 1, and you can upgrade loyalty to make him an effective 16 dmg from range 6. Include dusk creeper and you have 7 range. His HP is not too shabby either.
Deathcaster also deserves a note. He became more useful to counter super champs now that they are 100 nora or above (i'm looking at you, vindrax.) Also worth noting that he is super cheap with death pact and disease eater.
Burn 1 adds 3. I run him with Burn 1 at 76 nora. Burn 3 would make him 80+, which in my opinion is too much in todays meta.