Kassadin nerfs in the PBE.

AnomalousChimera·2/2/2015, 8:16:19 PM·7 votes·1,641 views

Zed is broken.

What to do? Let's nerf Sona again. Let's nerf Kassadin yet again. Such amazing decision making.

http://www.surrenderat20.net/2015/02/22-pbe-update.html

Kassadin

Null Sphere (Q)  damage reduced to 70/95/120/145/170 from 80/105/130/155/180
Nether Blade (W ) passive damage changed to 10/15/20/25/30 from 20 at all ranks

16 Comments

Neo Cyrus2/2/2015, 8:24:13 PM4 votes

He gains damage on his W. It's redistribution of power not a nerf. If you want to see a nerf look at Ahri, W dropped to 140 damage and at 600 range meaning it will never again hit, the damage is irrelevant at this point. And Q costs 100 mana, as much as an ult, what a joke.

Not denying that Zed needs nerfs though. His Q is on energy, is spammable waveclear, and has a base damage of 230 (wtf?). Want a comparison? Diana's mana sucking (relative to her pool and regen) Q does 200 damage maxed. Mana waveclear should do more damage, not less.

A little Peepo2/2/2015, 8:19:04 PM3 votes

Well Kassadin is actually pretty strong and still pretty overwhelming at points. But yeah zed needs nerfs, but remember... Riot favors certain champions and gives them love taps while others get hit hard. Riot logic :)

deshjx2/2/2015, 11:25:55 PM3 votes

So kass got nerfed again. His early game is now even worse. because you dont lvl up your W till you max your Q and E. With his Q got nerfed 10 damage and lvl 1 W only gives 10 damage so total in early game he loses 20 damage which is huge for him...

DustyElLion2/2/2015, 8:27:18 PM2 votes

Kassadin finally seeing play again after being brutalized previously? Better nerf him AGAIN. After already taking big hits to his mobility (ult stacks), sticking power (E nerfs), and his damage/shield (all the Q nerfs) and going through one rework he's apparently still seen by riot as a problem. Our glorious energy based master race cousins Lee Sin and Zed get a free pass however.

Kass doesn't kill towers quickly, he's not great at shoving a wave unless he's well ahead of the AP curve, he doesn't even burst hard compared to other assassins. All he has is his mobility, I fully believe he had paid for it sufficient in that last round of nerfs, but apparently not.

Flay and Pray2/2/2015, 9:40:59 PM1 votes

Kassadin needed nerfs. These slightly nerfed his early game dominance but buffes his mid to late game, which is perfect for what Kassadin does. Zed does need nerfs and Riot addressed that they will, but they can't just come up with perfect nerfs on the spot, Zed is a hard champion to balance, especially in the current meta.

DanofDemacia2/3/2015, 12:34:20 PM1 votes

Good he's fucking op he shuts down every immobile mage. The problem isn't his damage its his mobility and his passive.

Xtremey2/2/2015, 11:34:19 PM1 votes

this is gonna buff my on hit-mana kassadin build item 3027 item 3025 item 3042 into more tank items

rabidandinsane2/3/2015, 12:41:36 AM1 votes

The Q nerf is only 10 damage early game, late game thats not noticable. The damage to W will allow easier last hitting early game

Chor grunkular2/3/2015, 3:36:12 AM1 votes

i started playing this game back around the timeVelkoz came out( im no season 2 vet or anything), but since i started ive seenKassadin nerfed so many times i honestly wonder why not rework him again, they seem to need to nerf him everytime he pokes his head up into the lcs. He's already hard to play(omg his laning phase) and he feels really underpoweredread almost useless until he gets 3 items in, which is made even harder thanks to his weak laning, and now they want to make his early game EVEN weaker?! Wheni started i saw him nerfed so often i actually bought him to see what all the fuss was about, and i enjoyed him for alittle while, but then as he was continually whittled away in seemingly every patch for about six months, hes gotten to the point where i virtually never play him because i want to do more than barely survive for the first 2/3 of the game...

everything they said Kassadin was they have systematically removed from him, their words were "anti magic caster with unparalleled mobility" and it was right about that time that they nerfed his movement speed(he's the same speed asKogMaw now a specifically immobile champ) and increased the "cool off" time off his riftwalk, and nerfed his Q shield......There is no logic in this place......

well there's nothing for it! We gotta giveLeeSin better damage scaling so that he can deal with him better in the late game, and incease Zed move speed and base magic resistance; you see we need to buff lee as a way of nerfing Kassadin via "enviromental changes." that way kass can be balanced without having to be directly nerfed anymore! Wouldn't that be a RIOT

warpenguin5552/2/2015, 8:24:47 PM1 votes

link?