Make Kassadin's Q an instant cast

The Ecdysiast··1 votes·327 views

There are 11 channeled abilities in the game that last long enough to interrupt. (without refunding the ability or reducing the cooldown) Katarina Nunu Malzahar Urgot Fiddlesticks Galio Karthus Warwick TwistedFate Janna Velkoz

Fiddlesticks Is a basic ability, and he'll generally have you feared during its duration so you won't get to interrupt it. Katarina 's can deal between 200-700 before the sphere from Kassadin's Q even reaches her, depending on where it's fired from. Malzahar Urgot Warwick Are suppresses, so you can only disrupt them if you aren't the target. Galio 's is a taunt, so you'll also be unable to cast your Q while inside it. TwistedFate Generally doesn't use his in the presence of an enemy anyway, so you would only be around at the end as opposed to when he's channeling. Nunu 's has the same general issue Kat's does. During the channel, if you're not right on top of him then you'll just take the damage from the charge during the flight of your Q. Karthus can't be targeted if he's casting his while dead. and Janna Has already knocked back her targets by the time you cast your Q, though you can effectively stop the healing (also still heals the whole time your Q is traveling.

That leaves Velkoz as the sole champion with an ability that Kassadin can effectively interrupt even if he's the target (which still has the same issues as Kat or Nunu, but can be dodged.)

If they aren't going to give Kassadin the full relaunch he needs (but Fuck, they sure relaunched Fiora for no reason), and if they aren't going to return the silence that actually made him an anti-mage, at least let him interrupt channeled abilities without waiting 2 seconds for the attack to land.

4 Comments

Wolfram Oxford1 votes

Perhaps they could make it reduce the damage that the target does in magic damage. I realize that this would affect some AD champions but it would still be a viable option for change, if not entirely reworking the spell itself, or Kassadin.

The Ecdysiast1 votes

Maybe. His kit hasn't actually seen any actual changes, just touch ups. All they've done is remove parts and lower numbers.So a change to his Q would be great. What Viktor has now is basically the same thing, but with a better shield and without the meaningless disrupt.

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I suspect that Riot would be more than happy if the spell did not interrupt channels at all, but only did so to try and appease people over the silence removal (which will never and should never come back).

The Ecdysiast1 votes

Oh I agree that the silence shouldn't come back, but a channel disrupt is a lousy excuse for for a replacement.

They should remove that shield, remove the disrupt, and make it refund mana along with the W. Then it doesn't lose some sort of character but gets rid of the unnecessary add-ons that aren't really effective.

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