Talk:Kassadin/@comment-24336345-20141112150916/@comment-15280970-20141123090235

I have played a lot of kassadin, but I don't consider panth a kassa counter. Kassadin is a good top because (1) he is very uninteractive, (2) he has good teamfighting  and (3) he counters the teleport meta.

Pantheon on the other side is a lane stomper because interacting with him is hell itself. But kassadin can just keep throwing Q's and E's(more range than spear) and even lose a lot of farm. Teamfights will benefit kassa wayyy more than panth, way more than lost farm, you can't deny that.

Then, kassadin's (1) is part of a greater strenght: Liberty. Pantheon only chooses to rape kassadin if kassa is stupid enough to aproach, or from a bad reaction to flash W. Kassa can choose to combo panth at any time. And him being a very predictable champion lacking an escape doesn't add up.

So then Panth ends up being a squishy early game AD. Kassadin will build zhonya's. 1v1 you still rape him, but in teamfights he cleans up squishies like panth. You have two options, keep the 1v1 rape potential or try to avoid more damage by tanking yourself, rushing the Sword of Losing Lane. In any case kassa will be more useful later on and panth will just be food for him.