Talk:Kassadin/@comment-3532889-20110919210730/@comment-3532889-20110922132125

The counter arguments here are quite frankly outdated, and tbh never really made much sense anyway.

@Gyrowze If you use Riftwalk offensively at all, you will be able to get a free melee hit off withoout any additional time wasted. Remember, we are talking about Kassadin here- If Kass wants to get somewhere, he teleports there. You have no business walking towards your opponent if you want to reach him. As for the manaregen comment, it's a simple concept: if you are able to last hit at all, you are able to take advantage of the manaregen. if you are denied last hits that hard, then you have no business being in the lane, and should change immediately. For all other purposes though, The mana regen will will help sustain you for way longer then if you go without.

Before they changed his W, I used to build TotG AND RoA. I would level Q & E only like everyone else, and I had mana problems out the wazoo like everyone else. Mana is an extremely valuable resource on kass, and getting W flatout increases the frequency you can harass. Speaking of which, you never want to be caught without your E up. The W is effective even if you buy it for the old fashioned use: just charging pulse stacks.

@Xerav yeah you are right, but it's still an essential tool for kass at level 1. It isn't "the best ability in the whole wide world," but it IS an important one, and with the new buffs, it is actually a noticeable one now too. leveling W gives a visible increase on your mana pool, and deals decent damage in the situational instances you are able to use it.