Talk:Kassadin/@comment-24486730-20150201143429/@comment-25904283-20150203013813

Many mages easily surpass 2.1 AP ratio, unless they are dps mages (Cass, Karthus...) or utility-support mages (Lulu, Soraka...).

It is the mobility that makes him a strong pick. Mobility makes his ganks, flanks, dives and chases very hard to avoid. He can assure to dish out the burst everytime he R in. Even though it's not high, it still hurts squishies a lot.

AD Kass is a terrible idea. He has no AD scaling so even smaller burst than building AP. He's also not really tanky and has no AD steroid to be a melee, AA-based champion.