Talk:Kassadin/@comment-16517370-20151004183753/@comment-26459891-20151013150214

It's not "finding yourself forced to max E". It's a choice, as viable as the Q max. It's better in certain scenarios, the most common being when you're laning against an AD opponent (against which your Q shield is useless). If you check on probuild, you'll see that the E max is pretty common.