Nerf Kassadin too OP

TeemoXNidalee··77 votes·7,274 views

Kassadin: 50.87% win rate --- 9.26% pick rate

Ahri: 53.21% win rate --- 22% pick rate

hmmmm

91 Comments

Otherworldz36 votes

Kassadin probably has the weakest pre 6 game of any mid laner period and that includes akali to.

But of course since he can counter Ahri and anything that can counter Ahri is "OP must nerf"

Chimpanturticorn26 votes

I think what the OP is saying is that ppl think kassadin is OP, and he must be nerfed, which really doesn't make sense because ahri has had such a high pick and win rate but she hasn't received any nerfs.

However, I do agree that kassadin has the weakest early game of all mid laners.

Mech0p12 votes

ahri is the lee sin of mid lane...

Noxian Pride9 votes

One of my favorite bits of hilarious LeagueLogic in the whole game: "I'm on Kassadin, why the hell am I taking flash?" "..." "Oh. Right. Pre-6 exists. Shit."

3MrsApple31 votes

oh well,i mean, in lower elos, u just SPAM THE LIVING SHITE out of q, and u will be fine*[slayer-jinx-wink]*

Oelyk2 votes

Disagree. Kassadin does fine but he really struggles against other melee champs... Most ranged he actually goes pretty even with dark seal and 3 pots to keep him healthy.

Marshbouy19 votes

I'm seeing a lot of downvotes but no explanation.

ModAcademy Kayn10 votes

And I'm seeing a lot of upvotes, yet no actual explanation from OP.

AmazoX16 votes

Every Ahri main is going to down vote this thread and every comment to hell without an explanation. We know you very well, Ahri mains.

NineTailedMystic23 votes

We downvote arrogant, self-righteous, upvote whores and commenters who want her gutted solely because she's been good for a couple years despite not warping the meta or causing obscene balance problems (since 5.2). In this scenario, unlike Kassadin who has definitely warped the state of the game around him in a very significant way to where everyone is very hesitant to touch him buff/nerf wise.

Besides, while most Ahri mains feel that nerfs aren't quite necessary, we acknowledge she is too safe. I advocate for the removal of her Q MS.

nice table22 votes

any other mid laner with these stats would be hotfixed :^)

NineTailedMystic7 votes

Guess what, she only rose this 2% WR from her normal 52% WR and this 10% playrate from her normal 12% because everything stronger than her got nerfed. Nobody moaned or whined for the past two years until Season 7 where most mids got dumpstered by Riot. I don't think the answer is to continually nerf the best champion in succession.

nice table7 votes

i think its easier to nerf the 1 champion thats above everything else than to buff everything else. also the "normal 52% wr" lmao

l Helios l2 votes

Then the role becomes shit before too long, and you're better off playing something else. We just went over this with top laner tanks about a season ago.

Lauchmelder4 votes

If THAT would concern any Ahri main then they would have said so way earlier.

But we gonna conveniently say that when Ahri is a problematic champion only.

l Helios l2 votes

Im not speaking just in terms of Ahri. I couldnt give any fewer shits about Ahri. I'm just saying that is a terrible balance philosophy.

Lauchmelder2 votes

So you downvote anyone suggesting any kind of nerf because anything that would drop her below her "normal 52% winrate" would be a gutting in the World of fairy tales.

Melledoneus3 votes

That, good sir, is a very nice table.

AmazoX3 votes

{quoted}

Besides, while most Ahri mains feel that nerfs aren't quite necessary, we acknowledge she is too safe. I advocate for the removal of her Q MS.

This is why I have a special place in my heart for an honest Ahri main like you.

3MrsApple31 votes

oh wait, press w, r into taem, kill adc

NineTailedMystic1 votes

A) You're kind of late to the party

B) That literally cannot happen.

Sp33d Zer09 votes

I mean, the way I see it, Ahri has always been strong, but she has never been like renekton where she dictated the entire mid lane meta into being ONLY picks that were strong enough to survive renekton.

She has never hit The ban levels of S2 Kassadin, Lulu recently, Release Camille, I'm sure there are others that I am forgetting.

It has been a loooooong time since I played Ahri, but she honestly feels FAIR to play against, whether I am playing mid, or ADC. If she charms you, you die, sure. But it feels a lot better to die because Ahri charmed you which is easily avoidable, than because Cassiopeia dropped miasma on or behind you and ran you down with nothing but a tear at level 5. It feels better than having Fizz or Talon one combo you at level 3 from full hp with just a corrupting potion. It feels better than watching Vlad just permaheal off any damage you COULD try to put on him in lane.

Is she too strong right now in her numbers? Yes. Absolutely. But I think it is unfair to want her to be completely destroyed when she DOES feel like she actually has counter play you can deal with. Her entire ability to one combo you relies on either hitting a slow moving CC, or burning every charge of her ultimate on you, which even if she DOES have to burn her entire ult just to kill you, at least it took longer than a Syndra R.

A Bad Nasus7 votes

GUT HER!

AmazoX9 votes

Gutting does not equal balance, Get out. Ahri and every champion deserves to be balanced.

Swarovsko7 votes

Just because Ahri has had a high win rate and pick rate it doesn't mean that Kassawin deserves to be ignored and left as he is. Also win rate doesn't mean shit, Rengar had 47% win rate when he oneshotted people.

Shablagoo2 votes

No he doesnt, he only does when he is fed or full assassin and if he is full asassin he dies ones he jumps on someone, no rengar is oneshotting ppl unless they have no armor and is a squshiy adc. And winrate still means they are op along with pick rate if they are winning 50%+ of games even if you are first timing or less then 50 games in means that the champ is overtunned. I dont think ahri has insane burst but she is way to safe. Oneshot doesnt always mean you are going to win you know kills arent everything to the game

Swarovsko1 votes

"Rengar HAD" which means I'm talking about old Rengar, you know, the Rengar who used to kill you in nano seconds.

Salron6 votes

"Ahri is more op therefore Kassadin can't also be op XD"

Quinnova10 votes

I think he's just saying that we should be focusing on the more important problems here

ModAcademy Kayn7 votes

If that was the case, we'd see more Ahri complaint posts that aren't just "Look at this number"

Leetri2 votes

I've yet to see an actual argument to nerf her other than that she has a good win rate. These posts would hold more weight if people actually put forth why she should be nerfed and how. Is she too safe? Does she deal too much damage? Does she scale too well?

Asayake 5150glow1 votes

{quoted}

I've yet to see an actual argument to nerf her other than that she has a good win rate. These posts would hold more weight if people actually put forth why she should be nerfed and how. Is she too safe? Does she deal too much damage? Does she scale too well?

Pretty sure people always say she's too safe.

Anidan1 votes

Seconding this. It's the most common complaint I see about her by a mile. She's pretty safe between her Q MS and triple dash ult. Even TheNineTailedMystic (an Ahri main) up there pointed out that Ahri's problem is that she's too safe.

Lauchmelder2 votes

The argument goes both ways.

Why should she be allowed to be so strong?

Marshbouy6 votes

"I'm going to completely misunderstand and misrepresent what OP said"

FTFY

DaNinad6 votes

Her skill shots are way too fast, and i dont think the q ms is necessary

invisiblecat11 votes

The Q Movespeed was compensation for the removal of bonus damage on her charms I am not sure how long you have played League for, but if Riot was to remove the movespeed there would be complaints to bring the 20% bonus damage back Trust me, you want the movementspeed over the damage If she charms you and presses Q there goes 3/5 of your hp Also it is part of the utility over damage part, which is a little more fair

Lauchmelder1 votes

I take taking bonus damage over the braindead "me use Q, me dodge Skillshots and me get away" every day.

I can dodge skillshots without an MS boost.

Anidan1 votes

I can't read this and not picture SMorc in there somewhere.

Melledoneus4 votes

It's funny because the buffs didn't do jack shit except make his ult hit a tiny bit harder late game.

But suddenly he's super broken? Get real, people.

doiminat0r36004 votes

The difference is,

Ahri is almost all skillshots or having to be in dangers way to do damage. Kassadin is all AOE cone, click-to-win, or unpredictable.

Atleast with Ahri's abilities, you can dodge them. With Kass, he is either on you or not. There is no inbetween.

MunchCrunchLunch3 votes

I mean. there are multiple clear cut counters to Kass. any ad mid laner. take zed. kassadin is usless. even late game. kassadin can't deal with zed. his Q shield is worthless. his passive is worthless. more than quarter his kit is already worthless against zed. same with any ad that can go mid.

what is ahri's clear cut counter. she can outplay all of them. and has enough laning strength to go even on cs and shove them under tower.

Catastrop1 votes

Lmao, you take any AD midlaner besides Talon into Kass when you want to lose.

ChaosThief3 votes

Mages above 50% win rate: Ehh, no problem, easy to deal with.

Assassin above 50%: Burn the houses, bash in cars, call in all hell this champion is broken!!!!!!11!1!!1!!!one!!!

AmazoX1 votes

Summon teemo!!

CannabisOverlord3 votes

Nerf Mordekaiser Too Op 49.6% Win Rate 0.96% Pick Rate

SirΤeemο2 votes

the point is ... at some point kassadin can 1 shot you. and early game he can spam Q get that shield and ur "trade skill" deal no damage to him..

Fikule1 votes

Kinda curious, what does Kassadin do in a team fight when the ADC stays back? Does he just dive in with no one focusing him?

If they focus him, does he then need to build tanky to be able to get into melee? Is he still one-shotting while building tanky items?

I mean, he has this big mobility at level 16, but before that it has a much longer cooldown, meaning that once he's in, he's in for a while. On top of that, when Ahri wants to commit she has 3 much cheaper, quicker, longer range flashes and doesn't need to enter melee range to deal damage.

Isn't that Kassadin's weakness to offset his lack of skill shots? I mean the fact that he has 3 abilities that require him to be within melee range. At the same time they had the same issue with Karma, it was why she was reworked. They either had to make her so powerful the melee was worth it or so weak no one would play her. It's why she spent literally 2 years underpowered.

yoshi27902 votes

It's ridiculous that everyone says Ahri mains will downvote, but in reality Ahri haters are downvoting everything justifying Ahri! And upvoting everything that's Ahri haters post.

Lauchmelder2 votes

You can't generalize. Idiots exist on both sides.

Some Ahri mains blindly downvote anything that's against their champion because they don't want balance, some Ahri haters want her to be Azir'd and downvote anything regardless of it being reasonable or not.

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