Talk:Kassadin/@comment-78.30.131.185-20121016221055/@comment-178.166.24.118-20121017165210

Anyone who can push mid lane fast and safely. As mentioned above, Galio is a top choice as well as Malzahar or Morde. Swain is a fine choice too because he's one of the hardest punishers against melee champions and he naturally rushes a tank AP item (RoA) while having sustain with ult. If you're looking for KILL POTENTIAL over farm fest vs. Kassadin then you should be looking at Talon or Fizz. They both poop on him during laning phase and the only reason they cant do it as frequently past lvl 6 is due to Kass' free flash every couple of seconds.

In case you get counterpicked by Kassadin (playing a regular caster such as Kennen, Brand, Ahri, etc.) don't forget to buy an early Negatron and Giant's Belt into a rushed Abyssal and late game Rylai's. Both compenents cost less than 2k combined and essentially they make Kassadin very sad.