Talk:Kassadin/@comment-95.180.26.109-20111214152217/@comment-88.186.19.90-20111214162406

I don't think that would have done anything.

Kass is a burst champion that removes chunks of your health at regular intervals safely.

Increased mana cost would have meant he could do it less before having to back; i.e. not a big change at all. Furthermore, Kass players make a tear as soon as possible, so mana is never a problem unless you really spam R like a maniac, which you shouldn't.

The CD reduction is a good idea in itself, but it needs to be rebalanced in another area. Increasing the damage or the ratio on Nether blade for example would have been a good idea, because it would make the ability useful again, and the extra time spent in CQC would haev been optimised with a few autoatacks.