Talk:Kassadin/@comment-16494910-20150701112927/@comment-25904283-20150703010428

1. No, you should not be useless early game. His damage early is low, but his mobility makes up for that cuz as long as you are there when you are needed, every bit of damage counts. In lane, he wins many match ups even pre-6 with his Q poke and mana sustain.

2. Mid lane, with the option of coming to both side lanes and nearer to dragon pit is his best place (due to his heavy roamming style). Top is decent and map presence is OK when taking Teleport. Jungler works but risky and definitely not top tier.

3. His base damage is low, his CC is not very strong while his scaling is decent. Therefore full tank is crap; why bother with full tank/half tank Kass when there are much better champs at doing so? Building him with items that give both AP and defense (Zhonya, IBG, Abyssal, RoA) is OK.

4. RoA is the best, should be rushed unless vs AD (where you might be force to build Zhonya 1st). Archangel is great but it's slow to stack and since ult was cheaper, Archangel is not needed that much anymore. Morello or Athene are good items for him, but the problem with them is when to buy. Not 1st (cuz RoA with its raw stats is just way more efficient), while buying it 2nd instead kinda delay his mid game power (you need a big AP item to make an impact by that time).

5. I bought it regularly before but since range nerf on ult, Lich bane is less reliable. I would prefer other items for now.

6. He'll have more AP after RoA, and easier build path for some items. Otherwise, not much changes. The RoA, Zhonya, Deathcap trio will still be his "favorite" option most games.