Talk:Kassadin/@comment-94.172.19.195-20111026091553/@comment-128.227.213.69-20111028192607

I tend to love starting with a Philo (Regrowth + HP pot) on Kass, to respond to a previous person. It takes some of the pain out of having to melee lasthit, as you can take more of a beating and survive. A regrowth is a potion every ~66 seconds, so I find it much better than boots + 3 pots for sustain. Sure, a philo doesn't build into anything you want, but if you get it early, it pays for itself pretty quick. I tend to be able to go b for boots and finishing my philo around 7-9 minutes, if things are going well but not super great. I've gone back to get boots and finish philo at like minute 5 when my opponent was stupid enough to give me first blood. But the 7-9 minute mark is just if I'm farming decently. From then on, you should be able to dish out more damage than you take over time and you'll have a good amount more mana.

I get around Kass's mana problems, when I do this, by going QWQEQR for my first 6 levels. Yeah, sure, W isn't that great, but don't underestimate the extra damage it gives you too much. And the mana is easily enough to keep you in mana... forever, even if you're just lasthitting.