if we are talking about what we wanted then i designed her around her sleeping curse here: Pigstuffs’s hero extravaganza (not some dumb otters..)
but yes i agreen that she should have synergy between phinn and blackfeather but then i rememebred that blackfeather is a dive hero, which phinn does not synergise very well with so i doubt thaqt malene will be made with any consideration to either of them. and also, she was introduced to the lore and hinted at in the game much before 5v5 existed. she was reffered to as part of a trio. and what good is a trio if there are 2 other people on your team?