Riot not rolling back the Kassadin buff - nerfing other things instead, LOL

DaCurtis·9/20/2018, 11:38:53 AM·5 votes·3,071 views

Kassadin -

We're also looking at Kassadin, though his changes will probably be in 8.20 at this point. Likely direction is that we chip a bit of damage off his Q and/or E AP ratios, make him a bit less dominant when he really gets rolling, given he's now got an easier time getting there with the lower ult CD early on. Haven't playtested those changes for him yet though, so possible our approach changes depending on how that goes.

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ModThe Djinn9/20/2018, 12:42:40 PM3 votes

Yep. This sort of thing is done when they think the previous buff is health for his long-term gameplay (i.e. gives him an easier ability to become useful in the mid-game), but the change is causing his power to be a bit too extreme because he comes on line more easily. If the overall effect is healthy, then the better solution IS to adjust other things so you keep the gained consistency and feel-good increase, but hit the problem (net power when ahead) in a way that preserves the good bits you added.