Talk:Kassadin/@comment-79.175.86.102-20130115232531/@comment-88.186.19.90-20130116023707

Kassadin's full burst is on a (very) short cooldown, so it's damage must be reduced proportionally, meaning you can't 1-shot people with it.

However, that means that Kassa needs some kind of damage output to finish-off his opponents and deter them from fighting him when at low health, otherwise he'd be some kind of underpowered weird hybrid between DPS champs (who would tank Kassa's burst and lifesteal it back) and pure burst champs (who would tank Kassa's burst and burst you back). without it being another component of his burst combo.

That's when Nether Blade comes in: if you allow him to AA you, then you get dealt tons of damage because the ratio isn't bad. If you damage him back, then Kassa damages you EVEN HARDER because of his passive. So technically, your only real option is to run from his ominous Nether Blade of Doom until it wears off.