Talk:VPBE/@comment-3308937-20140828085853

As someone who likes playing Cass but doesn't because she's so unreliable, especially in regards to the poison checks, I'm happy for her rework even if it does lower the viability of the rylai's liandry's build that I like so much.

If her early game is too weak it can be buffed up numberwise, that's something that I think a lot of people aren't realizing when they look purely at the numbers. A rework/gameplay update isn't supposed to be perfectly balanced right out of the gate and that's why we have the PBE and why we have patches to the live game. Another thing I think people aren't really grasping is the increased reliability on E and the poison check at the start of cast instead of end meaning much faster machine-gun style Es.

I really like what King Cobra, a Dia 1 Cass main, had to say about it in reply to a Challenger Cass main's reddit thread:

"As a high D1 Cassio (almost to challenger!) main on the NA server, I think you are looking at the rework incorrectly.

They are not trying to "buff" Cassio or keep her gameplay the same so you cannot compare her to her old self in terms of damage.

The new Cassio isn't a lane bully. That is a thing of the past - which is fine. Like you said, Cassio isn't a bully anymore in this meta. She gets pushed around by champions like Syndra and Yasuo.

Additionally, Cassiopeia FALLS OFF late game right now unless you build glass cannon. Rylais + Liandrys gives you a spike in power mid game, but you will be outdamaged by the enemy mage and ADC late game if you don't build Deathcap and Voidstaff.

The new Cassio gives her a CLEAR strength - an ABSURD late game. Think of her like a Karthus that does stupid single target DPS. She is now the Vayne of midlaners.

New Cassio should probably build both Rod of Ages and Seraph's then go Rylais, Deathcap, Void Staff. With a blue elixir and baron she will sit at 1200 AP.

Additionally, her Twin Fang mechanic is changed. It now resets on cast. This is a HUGE DPS increase. Now you get the damage you did at melee range with current Cass AT RANGE. That's insane.

PLUS, now Cassio gets spell vamp on her Twin Fang. With Rod of Ages / Zhonya / Rylais she will be so hard to take out late game. +100 HP per Twin Fang is pretty nuts."

- http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/2esb0o/reaction_about_cassios_rework_from_a_challenger/ck2hcsy