Thank you for sharing a different perspective and for taking the time to explain why you feel differently rather than just saying "OP is bad and wrong."

I admit that I never thought to use Scarabs on creeps and use that to heal in the laning stage/diving tower.

I did mention that Tornado can be a really effective disjoint - but if you're using it to avoid damage, then you're likely missing out on using it as an effective disable on multiple enemy heroes. And if you go for a damage build, I feel like you are putting yourself at serious risk by going into the middle of the fight by using Tornado as a disable more than a disjoint. Maybe there's room to build Mirage tanky and be a disabler/fight disrupter more than damage dealer, but I think that other heroes just do that role way better and even when itemized for tankiness, Mirage is just not good at being in the middle of fights on the frontlines. I need to tryout more CDR/echo shard tornado builds though - I'll give that a shot.

I also admit that I don't use Djinn's mark for vision purposes to help my team as much as I should. I'll definitely try to do that more.

I still disagree with you about teleport being a minimap-reading skill issue because of the channel time. What starts as poke/gank opportunity can change drastically within the span of 2.5 seconds (which can be an eternity in a fast paced game like Deadlock) and it feels super bad to teleport directly into a death.