Kassadins Abyssmal Winrate

We all cringed in pain and despair when we saw a Kassadin get picked as the opposing laner a few months ago, but now we cringe when our teammates pick him as a mid-laner. Its funny really, from an extremely great pick to one of the lowest win-rates out of every position and champion. I myself have been able to do alright with Kass in ranked, I'm not saying I'm a great Kassadin, I'm saying that I've played him enough to know what I'm talking about. To be fair, his greatest use in the mid-lane is an anti-snowballer, what I mean by this is if you play him against an AP who will scale into late game, he will be able to keep up with their roam and prevent them from getting kills both roaming and in lane. His recent changes made his usefulness plummet into the void.

Many people say it was his ult changes that ruined him, but in my experience his ult is way better than it used to be, except for the range reduction, but that was absolutely necessary . His real problem right now is his extremely slow scaling, and how dangerous his abilities are to use. His E and Q damage is lackluster but can be used at a safe range. Yes your supposed to poke with his Q most of the time but you need to be able to burst your targets when ganking, essentially why assassins are considered assassins. his W is the real problem. Without his W he does very little damage, but when he starts doing damage, its the point of the game where its difficult to go in and come out alive while doing a full burst. His Q magic shield isn't very useful either. At any given point of the game it only blocks about half of the damage of one ability. I don't think that the shield should be buffed, I think it should be replaced with something more useful, like a cool down reduction every time you land an ability on an enemy champion. His W should be changed so that he can use it safely. I don't mean safe to a point where he will suffer absolutely no damage when bursting, but to a point where he can trade favorably in a rational 1v1 fight where he has a definite advantage on the other laner.

this champion has undergone many a change in the past, but he shouldn't be left in a state where his only useful time of the game is when the other team is too tanky to assassinate. If future changes made to this champion won't benefit his damage, then he might as well lose his title as an assassin. I would really appreciate some comments telling me if they agree or disagree with this post. Kassadin has always been one of the most interesting champions in league for me, with his unique play style and his awesome character design, it really is a shame that he has been neglected by RIOT for the last few patches.