Talk:Kassadin/@comment-1330314-20140327052532

I've had a series of lucky streaks with Kassadin after purchasing him. He still snowballs extremely well, at least in normals. The main difference from pre-rework Kass I feel is that it's mandatory to land his W to benefit from the extra damage and mana restore, so he needs to get way closer to his target. Other than that, though, his damage is excellent, and his laning phase is a lot smoother. He suffers a lot if he's against a full-AD comp or if he's matched up against an AD champion, but is extremely good when matched up against other AP assassins.

despite the nerf, is core on him, as you need to land your W as part of your full combo (and it will end up dealing by far the most damage out of all of your abilities). I've been doing very well when rushing a and, not necessarily for the damage on his R (though it helps) but for the autonomy it gives Kass: he gets zero mana problems with these two items, and unless you spam your ult to go around the map you'll never get weighed down by its mana cost: the mana restore on his W is extremely good on champions, and with these items lets you reach the 1200 mana cost per cast without running out of mana.