Analysis on Kassadin

Kassadin is one of the oldest champs to date, and one of the biggest, if not the biggest ap counter in the game, he has everything to make a mage like lux or ryze cry. So I will now inform you's on the sith- I mean void wanderer Kassadin.

Kassadin in general: Kassadin is a mage countering god, even more than yasuo who is already a pain enough for ranged champs. Kassadin's soul purpose is to destroy any mage you come across, brand, lux, swain, he counters almost EVERY mage, EVEN ZOE!

Moveset: Kassadin's passive is... pretty weird I will admit, but basic. He takes less damage from ap and can move through any unit on the map... so what I am saying is, he has built in MS and a built in . Anyway his q is an amazing poke tool, and cancelling tool, it silences the target, which you can use to pester a karthus ulting, a xerath using almost anything, a lux trying to ult, you already know it's a silence, ALSO it gives him a short temporary shield that blocks magic damage, which saves lives. His w is basically, another generic auto attack boost ability, what's different about it is passively, it adds ap damage to his auto attacks already, it just does way extra with the active part for one auto, pretty decent one hit finisher tool. His e is kind of bad... I mean it would be better if you could just cast it already instead of having your team have to cast abilities for it to charge, if your going to say that's broken, your forgetten there is way more champions with broken skillsets than kassadin. Anyway his e at max stacks of spells casted from you or your team near kassadin, he sets out a cone shaped wave of ap damage while slowing, the damage is small but its a decent cc tool when it comes to chasing. You can also know his e is fully charged when he is making https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/Darth-Vader_6bda9114.jpeg?region=0%2C23%2C1400%2C785&width=768 sounds. Finally his ult, it's basically a free flash that doubles its mana cost every time you use it, until the stacks cooldown. You deal ap damage to opponents you land on after ulting as well, the damage increases the more you used it, which means yes... more mana costs... It's also a good dodging (a lot of dodging), repositioning, and chasing tool.

Against Kassadin: I can't say much, but if your a mage, ask help from your jungler to gank your lane to cheese the kassadin enough to where your ahead. Kassadin can counter most of your abilities because of his passive and q shield and silence. If you had your jungler join, most like ad damage or an assassin, they can deal with kassadin much easier. When being chased, there is little to no escape, your best bets are your team intercepting him, him getting cc'd, or you can outsmart him by dashing or flashing to somewhere he thinks you will not generically go. Most of the time, if your a melee champ, you will do the best against him.

Playing Kassadin: Kassadin is the bane of all mages in the game, your job is just to pester and eliminate every mage the enemy team has, and join the dark side idk. If there is a mage with slow skillshots and channeling skillshots, you can use your ult to dodge them, such as lux or morgana's root, xerath's q, swain's w, zoe's paddle star and bubble (I forgot which are which for zoe, don't play her), he can dodge a lot of things. If someone is conjuring a high damage spell on your team, if you can, silence them with your q to cancel it if you can, such as cancelling lux's ult, karthus's ult, and so on. However when chasing, always use your ult if you can, to intercept them, to gang up on them, it's very helpful. If you think they are getting away, all you need to do is e them to slow them then proceed from there. However take note of this, your the biggest counter on mages, but not so much on melee champs, so mid lane counters against kassadin will include of course zed and yasuo. Any ad champ can fight kassadin without fault, since his main purpose is to counter mages, he can't do much against high damage ad champs, which makes champions like jinx, jhin, riven, and yasuo easy counters against him.

Builds and Leveling: Kassadin is the ultimate mage counter since ever. What you want to build for chasing is so your spells can slow the opponent, making an easier chase. Also get a for more magic resist and spell blocking, making you more of a mage counter, plus it gives you yet more ap. Finally, get a so you get a decent amount of mana and mana recovery, hp, and ap all in one pack, which is what kassadin needs. After those key items are made, you can just build whatever magic resist, mana, hp, or ap item you want. For leveling, I would recommend maxing your q first for amazing poke and ap shielding, then max your w for more up close damage and auto bursts, and finally your e... because your e is mostly used for a slow.