Kassadin

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Kassadin's ult at 800 cost:

Maximum magic damage: 240 / 300 / 360 (+ 60% AP) (+ 6% maximum mana)

Cooldown: 6 / 4 / 2 seconds

LeBlanc's Distortion

Magic Damage: 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 / 245 (+ 60% AP)

Cooldown: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 seconds

COST: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 mana

Tell me how fair it would be to be hit by a better version (by a lot in terms of damage) of Leblanc's distortion every two (without counting cooldown reduction) seconds?

Also , I believe I can skip the refunding missing mana part of his W , which is quintupled against champions!

If is anything weak about Kassadin's kit , it isn't his ult... His ult is one of the main reasons anyone plays him , if they just wanted to dash and be the juke master , or deal enormous amounts of damage in one second , they should better play Leblanc , Fizz , Zed and any assassin who doesn't want to hyper carry into the late game.

Considering leblanc's q and e actually does damage I would rather be playing leblanc

It also doesn't cost 800 mana for ~100 damage increase

cancelling a nunu ult just causes it to go off at whatever point it was canceled at, so between how long it was already channeled + the time it took kass to get in range + the cast time on Q + the travel time on Q, it was probably already channeled for like 2 seconds so thats still about 900-1000 damage.

I admit both of them are having respectable amounts of damage, so i start cloth armor + 5 health pots.

Kassadin vs Talon is a difficult matchup , but if you play around his power spikes ( any major armor penetration item ) you will be safe , so it is all up to your jungles if you want kills , he is easy to gank(with proper positioning) until level 6. And I'm sorry to say that , but I rarely see Talon players. He is an amazing champ , but he is picked only when he has synergy with his team comp , or as a counter pick/skill mathcup( Talon vs Zed :3 ).

I sometimes use Kassadin to counter Yasuo . Yasuo has an annoying , but manageable early game. As Kassadin , you have to trade always around your cooldowns. Try to trade only when your Q and W are ready , and when he has his passive shield , you try to bait him making him thinking you want to use your Q , but you use your E. And in an all-in , your Kassadin will be superior because of your cloth armor and pots. Yaqui has dangerous power spikes when he gets his core items ( shiv , infinity ). If he gets shiv , it will just be easier for you to go kill him , if he picks defensive items , he will have much lower damage and he will have problems against powerful pushes( you , teamwork :D ).

In my opinion , I don't really pick Kassadin to carry , I pick him for securing the game . He is decent early game , but when he is ahead , he can be a pain. Most of the times when I get a kill , I will pressure so much my enemy , that the enemy should stay under the turret!

He is just my favorite champion , and I know that any buff to his early will lead to another round of "LCS Kassawin" just because the pro players can make comps where they cover his weaknesses , but they can't really cover his weak laning phase against some champions. When he will be played again by the pros , he will be nerfed back to his weaker status. If is there a buff that can help him , it would be something like increased scaling per level stats( health , armor or something else ).

Edit: I agree with you that his shield feels weird from time to time , but it is understandable why they didn't want it to be a great shield.

CAn't speak for Talon but Kassadin is actually extremely strong vs Yasuo. Level your E first. He spams his Q so much it auto-charges it and his wall doesn't block E since it doesn't count as a projectile (last I checked.) even so the only thing he can really do is block your Q which isn't a big deal and considering you rift walk on his face to trade and slow him for 90%...

It's odd perhaps but trust me: He utterly destroys yas in lane.

Good uses of his ult and passive make him laugh at other mages.