@Riot, don't leave Kassadin to die

Limitanei·9/10/2015, 9:08:52 PM·2 votes·380 views

Kassadin Kassadin.

We know he used to be OP way back his ult range was bigger, but now he's practically untouched.

We know from his lore that he's one of those "using darkness against darkness" kind of people, which is fine IMO.

It's his pickrate I'm worried about.

He's in the 10 least played champs list according to LOLking: http://www.lolking.net/charts?region=all&type=champion-unpopularity&range=daily&map=sr&queue=normal&league=ranked

He has a 1.76% playrate and 45.15% winrate according to champion.gg: http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.playPercent&order=descend&search=kass

and he is the 118th most played champion (out of 126) according to league of graphs: http://www.leagueofgraphs.com/champions/stats

Even though Kassadin's ult was buffed a bit in Patch 5.16, he's still barely seen play. My question is, why has he been left to die like Urgot and Galio ?

IMO, the only part of his kit that needs to be changed is his Q, which is okay, to say the least. Although it's his only poke, it gives him a shield that's stronger than Viktor 's Q shield, but lasts 1 second less. On top of that, it interrupts the hit enemy, which is nice if you can:

A- see into the future B- predict like a god C- have amazing luck timing your Q

I propose 3 things to help Kassadin.

1: Remove the interrupt from his Q or just change it to a silence. Kassadin's Q is mostly used as a poke, especially in the earlygame, so why bother giving him an interrupt? Malzahar 's Q has a silence that can last up to 3 seconds depending on level, and it can hit more than 1 enemy at once. If Malz can have that, why not Kassadin, considering Kassadin is supposed to be an ANTI-MAGE?

2: Give Kassadin the last Arcade skin. Think about it. The Arcades don't have a midlaner yet.

Arcade Sona : Support Arcade Riven : Top Arcade MissFortune : ADC Arcade Hecarim : Jungler

Kassadin's best (and only) role is midlaner, and he hasn't received a skin since 2011. (Kassadin's best skin is Pre-Void Kassadin, which just makes him look like a caveman with a laser sword. Outside of that, Kassadin's skins are just... ugly.)

3: Keep giving Kassadin small buffs over time (kind of like how his ult was buffed recently) until he's played again.

Pardon me for the wall of text. Thanks for looking at this, and have a nice day.

2 Comments

disregardable9/10/2015, 9:13:12 PM1 votes

I think if they just gave his Q a bit more damage he'd be good. Honestly he's pretty healthy even if he isn't played much.

Nahui9/10/2015, 10:01:26 PM1 votes

Festival Kassadin is the best, no argument there.