Talk:Kassadin/@comment-115.64.31.150-20130217092657/@comment-37.128.215.240-20130220085324

You're overestimating her abilities immensely! Have you ever seen an Akali go againt a Pantheon? Not a pretty sight. Any champ with on-demand aoe or cc will absolutely decimate her.

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Or Lee Sin?! Now that's a sight to behold. He's THE counter to her and he abolutely destroys her both in lane and in teamfights. His presence alone guarantees her uselessness in the entire game, due to his on-demand stealth-cancelation.

Now, if you want to compare Kassa's 1-5 to Akali's, you're not doing either of them justice. They're both absoluetly shit. They'll both get zoned and/or be forced to farm from range with their Q's - and as you say, this'll be problematic for Kassa at first, but only until he gets his Tear. Upon hitting 6, the kits of both champs open up. Kassadin will outright be impossible to trade with and be impossible to gank while Akali NEEDS the protection of her Shroud and she NEEDS to go balls deep against her opponent if she chooses to engage. If the enemy jungler/mid prepare themselves accordingly (and you're not talking about a level 5 solo que normal game) there will be a pink ward on the field, and Akali WILL be fucked. A Lee Sin jungler would be even more hillarious to watch.

Your "nutshell" is completetly retarded. Both champs lack their core mobility ability until they're 6. Why would Kassadin be feeding against a bad match-up while Akali wouldn't? The only real difference between the two champs (from 1-5) is that Akali doesn't have mana and Kassadin does. They're equally bad at that stage in the game. Both wait for 6 to make plays and both are equally likely to feed against a bad match-up.

Either way...

You can cry about her mid-game greatness as much as you want - the reason she's never/rarely seen in competitive play is simply because she falls off HARD late-game and is so easy to counter/focus, seeing as her kit forces her to jump STRAIGHT into the enemy team. That's her weakness, and that's Kassadin's strength. Kassadin only gets stronger as the game progresses, his kit is far more reliable and cannot be countered by any item in the shop, and he's much harder to focus.

On another note, Kassadin wipes the floor with Akali.