Talk:Kassadin/@comment-26808509-20160813163558/@comment-29752225-20160825024815

"Doesn't offer any decisions, trade-offs or counterplay"? You do realise that there is a perfect decision to make that's a brilliant counterplay against Kassadin. Play an AD Mid-laner. I main Kass and I can tell you right now, there's nothing worse than finding out you're up against Zed or Talon. Talon's Rake hits for 1/4 of Kass's hp at level 1. Even if you Q's him to counter, the Q shield and Void Stone passive ONLY blocks magic damage, and so are 100% useless. Don't even get me started on Zed being able to chunk 3/4 of your hp at level 3 while not even having getting close enough to throw a pointless Q at him, or being able to 100-0 you under tower when he's on less than 300hp and get away alive.

It's all in the wheel of play vs counterplay. You play an immobile mage like Aurelion Sol or Lux, and I'm gonna play Kassadin and shred your sorry behind from our lane to your nexus, but if I play an antimage like Kassadin who is effectively useless against AD burst champs, then you play Talon and do the same to me. There's really no sense complaining about it.