Talk:Kassadin/@comment-24.145.152.165-20120526185341/@comment-3546228-20120526235749

Assassin: Also known as anti-carry, a champion with a lot of up front burst damage and gap closers that's adept at picking off squishy single targets like AP/AD carries and being able to chase and get away with it. Most of them have a silence or a single target stun to reduce retaliation and being able to lock a target down for just enough time to prevent immediate escape and kill them.

Most assassins can be built tanky and still function well. Examples:, , , ,.

Building is a personal preference. I personally prefer to go all glass cannon on Kassadin with and , but I build Pantheon tanky with  and  as my only pure damage items.