Talk:Kassadin/@comment-26838478-20150805221018/@comment-1920550-20150807020057

First off, no assassin should be forced to build armor/MR unless we're talking Hourglass/Hexdrinker-Mercurial and that is it they are behind/under severe threat of elimination. Kassa's armor levels are actually lower than a Varus or a Jinx. For AD assassin champions, he's just as squishy. Their job is to focus on assassination through single target burst and being squishy is an occupational hazard. PERIOD

Kassadin only started requiring to build mana post rework due to the mana scaling in his ult. And even post-rework, Seraph's was a rare sight on a Kassadin anyway. He always stuck to ROA as his sole mana source. For his weak laning, lack of waveclear and long CD's picking up that item slows the scaling on an already slow scaling champion. You'll get alot more of AP for sure, problem is when intelligent players will see the Catalyst/Tear in your inventory and harass or even all in and kill, because you spent almost 2000 gold on 0 combat stats. Focusing on lategame alone will cost you games no matter how good the stats look like. If that we're the case, Karthus would be best AP hypercarry in the game and pick/ban status.

Also i never said Luden's was a better option than Seraph's. TBH i prefer a Lich Bane to double down on the W burst, or even an Abyssal's to compliment his passive and use the aura to burst through squishies.

Kassa's low winrate is due to the the fact that the entire assassin class is out of the meta and Kassa has the weakest early game of all assassins, with AP Fizz being in the same ball park. This buff to his ultimate actually encourages him to dive in and go for the kills with it. That's why you have a team to back you up. And if we're talking about deffensive options, look no further than Hourglass which gives a get out of jail free card and a good amount of armor on the side.