Talk:Kassadin/@comment-5256197-20160915133353/@comment-15280970-20170102180649

He's an extremely risky pick. He doesn't really get enough burst till late game (hence why he is item dependant) but by then everyone has built tons of MR. Pre 6 kassadin doesn't really have that much issues, it is more about mid game kassadin not being able to carry a game even if extremely fed and getting outcarried by stronger meta picks.

Other assassains usually have extremely good mid games, and AD assassains are usually harder to build against than AP by carries (think QSS or MAW or Banshee's vs GA or some tank armor item).

He can still have his late game god moments where he is lucky enough to instaburst someone and then clean up but most of the time he takes half of someone's life bar and then gets killed instantly or zhonyas and then ults outside, but by then the teamfight is already decided.

So in conclusion we could say that kassadin's main problem isn't early game or counterpicks, but momentum.