Talk:Kassadin/@comment-10880231-20140419103756/@comment-24841688-20140421010701

I understand what you say... W do less damage than Q or E... but as soon as you get Lich Bane it surpasses them by a lot... 50%AP + 60%AP + AA damages (and Kassadin has a fairly high base damage scaling). In the exemple that I showed earlier with 3 items and lvl16... W does 550 damage whereas Q or E do less than 400.

And as I said... it increased possibility of stacks on R which cost a lot of mana indeed but does more damage as well: with a 1200 ult, you can do around 500 damage... and if you have your W maxed... you can reffil your mana pool and do an other one to finish your kill if needed or riftwalk away... with a max mana of 2800, your W will definitly give you enough for it.

And according to the post above, it's going to get buffed so that means even more burst (up to the same ratio than Q and E... (180+70%AP... that means around 620 damage at lvl 16 with LB and 300AP) and more mvm speed to get close... :)

I really like this W. With the old kassadin I was always maxing it last like everybody, but now I find it amazing.