It's more likely to work if visage is playing as a 5 against a relatively weak offlane, with a 1/2 who wants to be very active in the jungle or around the map. This frees up a solo lane to allow Visage to hit 6 and start pushing towards level 12 for a big power spike. Ofcourse if you're doing this, you're really playing Visage as somewhere around a 3.5 in terms of farm priority and he's going to be a critical part of your objectives in the game.