Talk:Kassadin/@comment-26909914-20151015143021/@comment-1920550-20151018030625

TBH he does need some more love than what the return of the AP scaling to his ult originally had me thinking. Thing is with Kassa, more than his own kit nerfs and changes, was the way the meta hard-shifted around him. Control, poke and waveclear and key to a midlaner now and consistent scaling is paramount.

Kassadin is the Caitlyn of midlane...his early game is quite potent due to his Q having a low CD and a magic damage shield, meaning he will slowly win the lane through sheer attrition. But since his base damages are so low, that quickly falls off and unlike other midlaners, he almost always goes for ROA and Hourglass instead of Deathcap-CDR item, which makes his 2-3 item damage spike weaker in terms of pure damage and his passibe can't quite compensate for the difference at that stage especially since most mids will have their Deathcap/Void Staff online and Kassa will be missing one or the other. However when he reaches 4 full items to full build (especially with a Lich Bane), can go ballistic and obliterate any non-tank, but in the game atm waiting for such a late powerspike is tartamount to suicide.

Even the latest PBE buff only improves his lategame...i think Kassa needs a revamped passive since his current one falls off very fast.