Talk:Gragas/@comment-187.41.95.33-20111204205942/@comment-67.174.254.182-20111215045112

Kassadin as the "anti-mage" caster? I could say Galio is an anti-mage caster too, hes not getting that MR. Morgana blocks magic, is she an anti-mage? Malphite's passive blocks 1/2 of a mage's spell, hes an anti-mage too right?

An anti-mage is someone who's abilities make them particularly good at killing mages in specific. These things could include a spell shield, a silence, a defensive steroid against spells, extra MR, the ability to easily reach a mage and usually burst. Like most other categorizations, it's more of a sliding scale rather than a solid yes/no cut-off. Kassadin, for example has a long range silence, a passive that give DR against spells, free MR/level, heavy burst to kill the mage quickly and get out allowing him to build lots of damage to do his job, and the mobility to easily kill the mage and escape alive. He is, by far, the clearest example of an anti-mage in the game. (Note that MR/level is included because whether or not they are meant to be an anti-mage will help determine whether or not they get scaling MR) The second best example is indeed Galio, but not because of anything he actually gets but because he is heavily encouraged to build MR. However, this means that it's more something he has to build into, and at the beginning he's no more of an antimage than an Annie (which is to say, not one) Another example is Talon; though he's a great overall assassin, his silence means that mages in particular are unable to respond to him. Morgana is considered by some to be an anti-mage, but in some ways being against a mage is a weakness as Morgana, especially early, since against AD Black Shield is pure CC immunity and the damage that would be blocked is low anyway. Malphite is not an anti-mage by any measure, he's just mildly tanky naturally. LeBlanc; sure, she's got a silence that she can use on someone twice to keep them from casting for up to four seconds, she just lacks the resilience of a Kassadin.