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Disable Kassadin until he is fixed

Gragas Undressed·2/21/2014, 9:48:06 PM·15 votes·1,528 views

Kassadin is getting hit with a 90%+ ban rate right now. Riot, why don't you just disable him until he is fixed. Obviously the consensus across the community is that he is absolutely broken and needs to be fixed.

Currently Kass is winning at just over a 52% win rate according to LoLKing. But he is only getting into 5% of ranked games. How many of those are from people competent with him or from people grabbing him because, as they say, he's the FotM. His win rate will drop due to people picking him up and just being terrible but they pick him because he is "OP". Pros don't ban champs for no reason. They are better than you, me, and probably everyone we know that plays this game. If they see him as being essentially broken he probably is.

Wouldn't disabling him be a better option than forcing summoners to use one of their bans nearly EVERY game on one champ? That ban rate is excessive. I'd much rather he just be disabled until he is fixed. Even those that enjoy playing him don't get to because he is banned so often.

20 Comments

PirSultanAbdal2/22/2014, 2:23:22 PM9 votes

This game does not only inclue 5x5 map or ranked solo.

This game has many players, casual and hardcore. There are 3-4 different game types. You see this game as it only contains solo ranked for your own purposes.

It seems that Riot thinks different than you when it comes to balance. And they are right. A champion should only be disabled if there is an exploit or vital bug needs to be fixed.

I don't see a point of disabling him other than satisfying your purposes on increasing your ELO. Main reason i don't play other game modes are simply because the vast majority doesn't take other games as serious as they do to Ranked games. They were always coming there to troll and said "it's just a normal game!" Well that "normal" game is entertainment a tool for those who has little time to play and only plays for fun. But having fun doesn't always mean having trolls in games or having fun through trolling games. I am also sure that many people quit playing normals for that obvious reason.

This game is not only Ranked solo or duo. I love and follow competitive scene as much as anyone in this community, but you should change your perspectives.

Dudebro Nice2/22/2014, 3:52:20 PM6 votes

2 thoughts: I think that we need more than 3 bans per side. Seriously, give each team 2 more bans in the middle of the team picks.

Sooner or later people are going to get tired of banning out Kassadin because nobody actually has played him in a ranked game in months and they'll move on. Except xPeke will probably still carry hard with him.

NeroUS2/21/2014, 11:46:46 PM4 votes

Potentially, any champion that exceeds a (some number)% ban rate should be disabled so that people can use their bans to develop a strategy rather than as a balance tool.

Yasuo Kassadin Elise Khazix , I'm looking at you.

Orpheus Crown2/21/2014, 11:19:15 PM3 votes

The reason they don't disable him, is that if they nerf him at all, he immediately becomes useless, he has very little power in the hands of an unskilled player, I used to be there, so I don't really see a solution. I think things just have to be the way they are for now. Believe me, I know where you are coming from, but if he gets nerfed then he'll become unplayable.

John JLL2/22/2014, 2:18:13 AM2 votes

Wah Wah Wah

ninjanomikz2/23/2014, 11:02:23 AM2 votes

he is not broken, watch any of faker's solo que games and he destroys kassadin, even bjergsen thinks you can destroy him if you have enough skill

Remlap12232/25/2014, 12:19:41 AM2 votes

I think the win rate says it all. Only 52%. I think Kass is really overrated IMO, he's powerful, but squishy. He isn't broken like Blitzcrank. But Blitzcrank doesn't have a very high win count either. Of course win counts aren't everything, otherwise people would ban Swain every game.