User blog comment:Simbey/Real Talk: Kassadin/@comment-24030368-20140319175049

Yeah, I played him a couple times since rework, and he doesn't seem half bad. He just needs a little more damage. They nerfed literally all of his damage except for his W, and 2% mana scaling on his ult? That's just stupid. Ryze's Q scales at 6.5%, with double the base damage.

It looks like the changes are pushing him towards a more in-your-face assassin, then blink away. In that case, they should just up his damage on his ult. With a ROA, Archangels and Lich Bane ( all the mana items you would ever conceivably get) Rifwalking onto their Marksman felt like hitting him with a Nerf bat. And I kinda get the high mana costs, a 3 second blink has to have some restrictions. But make it scale better, like 5%. Or more.

Dose my pennies. Take 'em or leave 'em.