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Playing Kassadin feels like...

Zeyphel·8/9/2019, 10:25:32 PM·1 votes·1,713 views

Alright, as the game says I am supposed to be a late game champion so all I have to do is endure it through my non-existent early game and my barely visible mid game, so that I can have a big impact in late game and be useful for my team or even carry them in the best of the situations.

Just I few thoughts to keep in mind before starting my game...

  • -AD matchup: Since Kassadin's Base Def got nerfed he cannot be played into AD matchups because he gets completely destroyed wether he plays safe or he doesn't. If I am unlucky enough to get one of these matchups, for example against a good Zed or a good Talon, I have to delay my main items and build first item 3157 or else they will most likely kill you (As I said before if they are good players of their champions). That's okay I guess, as champions must have clear counterplay (even if I fail to see those of a lot of champions in this meta).

  • And remember always not to fight them even in late game in a 1 vs 1 even if that's where you are supposed to be strong because they will burst you down in matters of seconds even if you have 80 armor and item 3157 ready to fight. So, sumarized, you have lost most of the game just by facing one of these two champions or similar AD matchups in the ACTUAL State of the game (Buff Damage Nerf Armor Meta) as they will probably do a better job than you the whole game and can beat you at all stages since they don't fall off anymore late game.

  • -AP Matchup: You are supposed to be an anti-mage and you do the job against some, go even against some that you are supposed to have advantage over because what's balance anymore and some even beat you despite your pasive advantage which despite popular belief don't make your lane a lot better or relieves your enormous disadvantage early game.

-General Gameplay: Nonetheless, we have a strong late game so even if you have been near to useless the last 30 minutes, you have an opportunity to shine IF your team hasn't been gifting kills to an enemy player the whole game because if this is the case then forget about carrying which can easily be dismissed if enemy team is smart and groups because you are an Assasin. (So unlike the other Assasins who get to do a great job early game because most teams don't group at that stage of the game, you are supposed to serve as an assasin in a stage where any non-trolling team will be grouped. This is supposing you get to late game which is extremely unlikely in this meta where most games are decided at 20 or even 15 minutes of gameplay.

Honestly, the experience is just awful.

4 Comments

figold6668/10/2019, 1:48:01 AM1 votes

So basically you are monkey. Use Q to last hit, get used to farming under tower, and get used to missing CS. Kassadin doesn’t become autopilot late game. Work on your Q -> R -> AA -> W -> E combo, work on your mana usage and work on your positioning. Grab triumph so you can snowball and focus your targets intelligently. You have one of the strongest ults in the game, capable of damage and defense. There is no excuse for why XYZ landed that stun skillshot on you. Look to splitpush late if your team isn’t pushing.