Talk:Kassadin/@comment-4636093-20140505005134/@comment-24055932-20140506204354

His lategame is fine, I agree there - a really fast flash, a 1.4 AP "poke", superb mobility and really safe all in.

But his laning phase is a joke - he is a melee assassin with really low base values, no waveclear or a spammable spell to farm with. Against any ranged enemy you will constantly get shit on with autoattacks while getting pushed under your tower - no one has to fear you, your poke is a bad joke, you got no devastating ult, you can't roam as you got no waveclear. Ad Champions will ignore your passive and the second part of your q.

The best matchup for Kassadin would be a melee AP champ without AoE and long cd spells - e.g. Alistar and Blitzcrank