THAT KASSADIN NERF OMG LOL

19 19 19·Feb 18, 2015·66 votes·14,434 views

Kassadin Riftwalk (R) range reduced to 450 from 700 Riftwalk (R) mana cost reduced to 60 at all ranks from 75

OHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYY GODDDDDDDDDD. HE IS OFFICIALLY UNPLAYABLE LOL

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/02/217-pbe-update.html

136 Comments

MehImBoredFeb 18, 201554 votes

I smell he might get the next Ultimate skin.

Mango LocoFeb 18, 20153 votes

darth kassadin

Realm DevourerFeb 18, 20152 votes

Nerfed Kassadin should be the name of it :D

DyonasFeb 18, 201534 votes

Awesome job Riot! You finally killed Kassadin. Now he has virtually no damage and an ult that allows him to move less than an Ahri dash, Akali ult charge, Talon E, Yasuo flying across to hit an airborne target, Lee Sin, Ezreal's E.......

Seriously if this change goes through they may as well remove his ult and give him an entirely new kit because he won't be the same. Idiots balancing this game... holy crap... I'm aware this is PBE but the last nerf from PBE came through as did the 6 before that.

affectionedFeb 18, 20151 votes

I know I will be downvoted for this... but there's people whining and complaining about some champs being too op and they should be heavily nerfed, but when Riot does they get blamed for it... and his damage didn't really get nerfed except his small damage nerf from last patch...

AuryielFeb 19, 20153 votes

He does half the damage he used to, so hum.. Yeah all he had now was mobility XD

KilaneFeb 18, 201528 votes

He is in a good place now and they still want to nerf him? DAFUQ!?

Well anyway, Azir and Urgot welcome another compnion of deleted victims.

SolaxoFeb 18, 20158 votes

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He is in a good place now and they still want to nerf him? DAFUQ!?

Well anyway, Azir and Urgot welcome another compnion of deleted victims.

Speak for yourself, Urgot is fine. He's just unpopular.

KilaneFeb 18, 20152 votes

oh fine, I guess Azir is the only one in the dark. So lonely. QQ

BeatzBoyFTWFeb 18, 201528 votes

Kassadin Riftwalk (R) range reduced to 450 from 700

Urgot : Feel my pain.....

Malix FarwinFeb 19, 20153 votes

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Riftwalk (R) range reduced to 450 from 700

: Feel my pain.....

Syndra : would kill to be urgot status

Azir : me too....

WaaweeFeb 18, 201515 votes

Obviously it's lore related. Void invasion incoming...

Wait what lore...

Ulquiorra995Feb 18, 201513 votes

He obviously has too much mobility for his damage. Please. Zed LeeSin

Darth Pixy MisaFeb 18, 201511 votes

Kass had a lot of power in his Ult, but this was nerfed and now The void rules.

Bow down to your new master Chogath

exiledFromBadmenFeb 18, 201515 votes

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Kass had a lot of power in his Ult, but this was nerfed and now The void rules.

Bow down to your new master

Malzahar pls

SpecterVonBarenFeb 18, 20154 votes

Velkoz pls

Clint OrrisFeb 19, 20153 votes

Khazix pls

Dark OokamiFeb 19, 20153 votes

RekSai screeching

NarogFeb 18, 201510 votes

Riot is being so brutal with the changes , is not like Kassidin is unstoppable monster that needs to be nerf , they buff Ahri for no real reason and Gnar makes most top laners useless , i dont see any rush in nerfing KAssidin ,actually is pretty obvious that the problem is movility.

icitoFeb 18, 20159 votes

Better nerf ~~Irelia~~ Kassadin is gonna be a thing now I guess...

Major SparklesFeb 18, 20158 votes

I'm growing tired of all these changes.

DirewolfiezFeb 18, 201514 votes

Who isn't? Frankly, it's driving me away from the game. A year ago if someone said this exact situation was going to happen, I would've laughed at them so hard.

Mandang0Feb 18, 20153 votes

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Who isn't? Frankly, it's driving me away from the game. A year ago if someone said this exact situation was going to happen, I would've laughed at them so hard.

A year ago? You mean when Kass was permaban? You would've laughed?

Heaven forbid Riot make changes so you might see a sustained damage caster more than once in a blue moon...

ArchenzFeb 18, 20158 votes

Can't have someone actually catching Kalista

TotalJerkFeb 18, 20152 votes

Fuck you talking about? He can still catch her.

Lajinn5Feb 18, 20153 votes

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Fuck you talking about? He can still catch her.

I somehow feel like her jump range is pretty damn close to his ult range, her auto range is longer, and never goes on cd

Cosmic WarperFeb 18, 20157 votes

It's actually funny because in the ~1s that it takes for the animation of riftwalk to cast and then blink he could have walked about 80 less range than his ult. He's basically now only gaining a net movement range of 80-100 per blink except over walls which is way more valuable. He can blink over a lot less walls now though

DEmperor95Feb 18, 20156 votes

He still has more range than flash, which means he can still riftwalk over all walls on SR. Just wanted to correct you.

Edit: Downvote me for what? I never said anything about how good or bad Kass is, just mentioned a fact that has to do with nothing. Dumb.

Dont be HastyFeb 18, 20155 votes

No he doesn't, flash range is 500 units. Kass's ult is only 450 units now.

DEmperor95Feb 18, 201510 votes

Flash range is 400. Fact.

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Flash

Check your facts before you post, unless you're just fishing for upvotes.

SquarefighterFeb 18, 20157 votes

I'm usually not one to complain about things, I've always hated the "gut zed gut lee ty" threads. But this is really really bad. If it goes through (and honestly I doubt that's going to happen) then bye bye Kass.

TheadsFeb 18, 20156 votes

I feel like he's pretty much just a crappier LeBlanc now. The range of his ult was the only unique thing about him imo.

JFRANKSTAFeb 18, 20155 votes

i just haven't cared about kass at all since back when they gutted his damage, i honestly dont know why hes still banned so often.

Rinky DinkyFeb 18, 20154 votes

There is no way these are the only changes.

There will be more tomorrow.

Riot would never surpass Olaf

Seriously though, they will increase the damage on his kit by a fuckload if they do this. Thats the only way this would make sense right?

I really don't think Riot would 100% destroy a champion harder than olaf and season 1 evelynn, when that champion is not even one of the huge problems atm... right?

TheadsFeb 18, 20156 votes

Riot knows that Lee Sin, Zed, Kalista are the biggest problems right now so they nerfed Kass.

StratFeb 18, 20153 votes

Yeah I immediately laughed at how much they destroyed Kassadin with that stat change. That said, keep in mind that this is only on the PBE. I doubt it'll make it to the live server in its current state.

DyonasFeb 18, 201522 votes

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Yeah I immediately laughed at how much they destroyed Kassadin with that stat change. That said, keep in mind that this is only on the PBE. I doubt it'll make it to the live server in its current state.

That's what people keep saying but any time it's a Kassadin nerf it goes through. The last 6 changes have. This change is beyond a joke. 450 is barely a Lucian or Graves dash FOR AN ULT. The only way I might accept this would be with massive power elsewhere but we all know that's never going to happen.

DirewolfiezFeb 18, 20157 votes

That said, keep in mind that this is only on the PBE. I doubt it'll make it to the live server in its current state.

That's what everyone said about the Sona rework. I honestly can't even be sure what will and won't make it into live anymore, it's just a mess.

KaisadiIIaFeb 19, 20152 votes

It's easy, every time you see a change at the PBE think about this: Is this an actual nerf to Lee Sin? A) Yes - It won't ship to live. B) No - It will ship to live.

ImpendingDeathFeb 18, 201511 votes

Have more faith in Riot to completely break champions with nerfs.

DEmperor95Feb 18, 20152 votes

In my opinion, Kassadin is going to need some compensation buffs after this change. However, I think this nerf is the best thing that could possibly happen to make him less bs, and not 100% pick/ban rate in the LCS. Riot have finally figured it out, but it's too late after he got nerfed so much in ways that didn't help in making him any less than 100% pick/ban in LCS. Now he will need buffs elsewhere.

DyonasFeb 18, 20154 votes

Except he isn't 100% pick / ban in LCS.

RisottoNeroFeb 18, 20152 votes

There are few things that get more picks and bans than Kassadin in every relevant region right now.

DEmperor95Feb 18, 20157 votes

He is 87.5% in NA, 90% in EU, and most banned in both.

NoMonkuFeb 18, 20151 votes

I feel it is because he has too much power. I don't like it, but considering how much power/poke/mobility he has late game, the trade off seems "okay" to me. Of course I'd need to see him played, but the reasoning behind it seems sound to me.

SolaxoFeb 18, 20155 votes

Ahri Zed Kalista LeeSin

J EevoFeb 18, 20151 votes

As a Kass player I'm kinda happy about these changes, why? because if they go in he's gonna have to get a SHITLOAD of buffs on his damage,(which atm is terrible btw, only reason i still play him is because lichbane exists, and even then he does less than other lichbane users).

ArchenzFeb 18, 201513 votes

I remember when I was young and naive like you ;^)

Gank in ProgressFeb 18, 20151 votes

glad riot doesnt response to these gold kiddies screaming that kassadin is balanced with his 453 mile ult. noobs

KaisadiIIaFeb 19, 20155 votes

People should get permabanned just for using the words "bronze", "gold" and so as pejorative. Silver people call everyone "bronze", Gold people call everyone "Silver", Platinum people call everyone "Gold" and so on. I'm sick of this. If you want to say something, give some reasoning or just shut up.