Talk:Kassadin/@comment-211.30.109.78-20110827174933/@comment-96.242.172.34-20110829113056

AP nuke builds if you are confident or you have a good early game. Otherwise I build more for survivability. My 2 main builds with Kass right now are pure AP where I can get Mejai and do well enough early on to rush Rabadon's. From there the standard Archangel's and whatever other item I think fits. Usually Banshee's and Lich's Bane. With this build your are going to be super squishy though so be careful. Plus side is you can nuke almost any other hero in the game.

Other build is more conservative but still keeps Kass's survivability and utility in team fights. Or if you are against a ton of other good AP champs. I'll usually rush a RoA then Banshee's. Sometimes I go Frozen Heart but usually afterwards I get an Archangel's. At this point Kass' mana will be so high that his AP should start to reach respectable numbers. If the game starts to turn around for me (at this point it should since I won't be dying with this build) I'll get a Rabadon's to make Kass' AP even beefier. By this point you should once again be able to nuke just about anybody. I also like getting a situational Abyssal Scepter for the extra MR if I'm facing heavy AP teams especially if they have a Teemo or some other DOT heavy champ.

As for boots, I've been just instinctively getting Sorc's but lately I've been wanting to try the CDR boots. I want the CDR from something but I am uncertain whether items like Frozen Heart or Morello's are worth it or affordable. And getting full Mejai stacks is not always possible for the CDR.