Talk:Kassadin/@comment-5557556-20140212200929/@comment-15280970-20140215210709

"I don't have the problem with his damage or anything. I just have the problem with his ability to escape very easy. That makes him very hard to gank post 6 and very hard to shut down. "

That is his desing. He is an extremely mobile short ranged assasain, and to compensate his 7/6/5 s cd get out of jail card his damage is way lower than other assasains (his base values suck), his mana costs are very high, he is an horrible pusher/farmer (that means he is very punishable for leaving lane), has no sustain and his damage keeps subpar until late game.

The mechanism that prevents him from teleporting like a mad is his Mana.