Talk:Kassadin/@comment-6061249-20130601124359/@comment-7627698-20130602053808

^I have tried that lane twice. The first time I got the shit dunked out of me. Didn't know how to play the lane, wasn't aware of how much he could burst.

The second time... I played with lots of care. I poked him down with my Q without fear of him being able to counter me. I avoided his Shock Blast easily by standing behind minions. And I simply waited for my jungler to give me a hand every now and then, because Jayce would always be pushing and he would always be agressive. Easy lane to gank; he'll always be pushed and overextended. I had an equally agressive Jarvan in my jungle and Jayce's overextending cost him his life quite a few times.

After 1 gank(resulting in 1 kill for me), 1 blue buff, and reaching level 6, I was destroying him in lane. My Q harass was far more reliable and far easier to hit than his Shock Blast. Riftwalk made it impossible for him to get in his melee range. He had nothing but Shock Blast, and when it missed, I punished him. Hard. And there was nothing he could do.

Character counters only REALLY work if they're mechanical counters (like Pantheon shield-blocking Rengars Q). Lanes like that are very hard to win. Other counters, like Jayce vs Kassadin, are mainly counters because the countered player doesn't understand how to play against his counter. Took me 1 game to learn and another game to conquer.

I've also been in two Gangplank vs Kassadin lanes. It's supposedly also a hard counter lane, but I won both of those as well. Didn't work out as advertised.

Kassadin's kit is too strong and cc heavy once he reaches 6. The only champion who can mechanically counter Kassadin is Morgana. It's a boring lane, no one wins, nothing really happens. Morgana never hits a Q, Kassadin's spells will just be shielded, Kassadin can simply teleport out of Morgana's ulti... It's a stale and passive lane. But it's a good counter to Kassadin.