Talk:Kha'Zix/@comment-4579700-20130418030259/@comment-7707879-20130420004857

Sorry, I misunderstood what you were trying to say. Speaking to your reply:

"Kha'Zix is only popular at the moment because of pros like WIngsofdeathx playing him. If you look down a bit, someone has calculated the overall burst of Kha in comparison to Talon and Zed. If Talon and Zed's burst is higher, why do people play Kha'Zix? It's a trend"

Are you saying Kha'Zix is unremarkable and people are playing him because it's trendy, not because he's actually a really good champion (that is, a better champion than most others, maybe a little too good)? Also, saying why don't people play Talon instead is like saying "if Mordekaiser's damage is higher than Lux's why do people play Lux? It's a trend!". There's more to a champion than their damage potential, there is the ease with which they unload that damage - Tryndamere can do more damage than Caitlyn, but he has trouble actually dealing it - their safety, their utility and their laning. Kha'Zix has high sustained damage from level 1, Talon doesn't, Kha'Zix has a long range wave clear / poke skill, Talon has a very short one, Kha'Zix has low mana costs, Talon's are higher, Kha'Zix has a great escape move from level 2, Talon doesn't, etc. etc. As Maugreas said, Kha's ability to leap on targets, kill them and instantly leap out again is also great for tower-diving, assassinating targets etc. etc. Kha'Zix, like a lot of recent champions (Thresh, Zed, Zac) is overtuned in my opinion, he comes close to being able to do what he's supposed to - win lane - by default because he's just so strong, and he outclasses Talon by doing roughly the same damage, but being safer, better at laning and more likely to snowball.