Talk:Kassadin/@comment-26838478-20150805221018/@comment-1920550-20150807153745

Again the fact that you can kill people as Kassadin at level 3 only shows your opponent's low play level, not Kassa's power. And the fact that you even skip Void Staff is further proof of that, since you're pretty much leaving out an item that pretty much increases your damage by 35%. I have no idea what kind of games you have been playing, but you've been getting away with alot of crap for free.

Outside of ROA, Kassadin is actually quite a flexible champion to build AP items, especially since the AP item overhaul. Items like Athenes, helps him get ultimate resets  due to the W/Grail mana refunds. Lich Bane doubles down on the W burst power. Abyssal's is THE anti mage item and Kassadin is the anti mage. The MR increases the value of his passive by alot and all of his spell ranges are inside the aura range of the Abyssal's, so he benefits in full from the aura. It works wonders as a second item against AP heavy teams and against other AP mages/assassins who also build Abyssal's since Kassadin's passive will negate the enemy aura, while you'll burn through their resistances at the same time. You can even forgo Sorc Shoes for Ionian boots since Abyssal's gives you all the flat magic pen you need until you reach your Void Staff.

The reason Galio isn't played is due to crippling mana costs throughout the game and awkward itemization paths due to his passive. His damage, resistance against magic damage threats and ability to lockdown enemies teams is borderline broken. If you need 30 seconds worth of damage to kill a magic damage tank, than that tank did his job and his team didn't know how to take advantage of it.