First of all, I think the effect of this shard is amazing to work against heroes using/having dispel, for examples: manta, PL doppelgänger, talent or support dispel. However, the stun (1.6s) is way too short for a 1k4 items at 15 min into the game. Given that the shard is often use for chasing, 1.6s won’t do anything much. I hope this shard can get a decent buff in the upcoming patch too.
Honestly bring back his old shard that’s now a talent (i think) that spawned plague wards when he landed his Q for every enemy hit, maybe make the plague words 2x as strong or something.
Or just make his shard something along the lines of “add an additional 3s to venomous gale’s duration with 50% of it’s maximum slow everytime a plague ward or venomancer apply his passive” so he could be remain dangerous throughout the midgame.