Kassadin Role as an Assasin

There was a time when I loved Kass for the "riftwalk in blow some one up then riftwalk out," his two defining characteristics were mobility and damage. You countered Kass with CC/Silences just one was deadly to Kass with his low hp. These characteristics made him valuable assassin like Zed, Ahri, Kat, Talon ect.

In the past Kass was extremely overpowered, taking away the silence and nerfing his damage was, in my opinion, needed and healthy. With several "accidental" returns of the ghost of OP past, Kass has been resigned to a nerfed kit that is really only useful in niche situations.

While currently his late game is on par with most champions, until you get there, Kass is woefully stunted as a Assasin. If an enemy is above even 40% it is extremely risky to go in, the long cooldown on riftwalk, coupled with its decreased range leaves you stranded until riftwalk can come up again with is adequate time for a surviving enemy to kill you. To prevent this most players build Kass more as a mage tank then a AP assasin. Currently Kass has more in common with Mage Tanks such as then .

With Kass's current kit, I believe either an increase to single target damage or reduction on the cooldown of riftwalk would steer him back towards the role of assassin. To increase his damage I would suggest a single target attack such Nether Blade. This would give kass the single target threat to backlines that he use to have, and ground him as meele ap. This would forcing him to get up close which allows for counter play if Kass is reckless. Buffing his Q or W would see Kass played more like .

This is my first time writing one of these so interested with what you guys think.