Talk:Kassadin/@comment-13660209-20140320002359/@comment-5605969-20140321150726

A niche pick vs what? Nowadays most mid laners are mobile, have cc, and best of all, have a spammable skill to dmg. Know someone who's a mid with his poking skill lasting over 9 seconds? I can think gragas, but no one else.

I never said they were wrong in nerfing kassa. As i said, passive, W, E and R are greatly balanced now (imo), but Q is way too underpowered cuz they saw the problems individually instead of the big picture. It's not uncommon for Riot to do that. So many times Riot screws up in the beggining cuz they see someone or something as an individual. And honestly I am ok with that cuz no one is perfect. Also why all champs are usually touched after release.

Now to respond to your response (lol):

1 - As I said, all nerfs are justified. Q, in my opinion, was just way too much. I am not complaining with R, and that skill was not only ultra nerfed compared to the previous one, but was also repurposed by the COMBINED CHANGES that were made to it.

The thing about being an antimage is having the clear idea of "If you deal magic dmg and rely on skills, then you will have a hard time vs me." I can agree with passive. It makes you tanky VS MAGIC DMG, which is his role. But what about Q then? Before it stopped casters in their tracks, but now it stops at most 1 skill. A 600 AP kassa will get a 340 MShield. For 1.5 seconds. Every 9 seconds (7.5 if you consider timer beetween shield down and Q available). Basically you could compare LB to Kassadin. She can melt anyone she wants and and the silence is basically a you are dead mark. And now tell me what that Q is gonna do vs her? Block 340 Magic dmg. And since she has no channels, Q is literally worthless. But wait, you can pok... nevermind. 180 base?

Also look at Galio, who is the most straight foward antimage. He scales with AP AND MR, and is rewarded for going against an AP comp. Since he's rewarded for tankiness, his dmg is a bit tuned down, but since his skills are medium/hard to hit, they reward him with high bases. His ultimate works meh vs mages. They wont hurt him much, but their AS wont boost his ulti to the max.

As I said. You need to look at the big picture. Guy with damage and you cant retallieate: bad.

Guy with no dmg that you can ignore: even worse.