Talk:Kassadin/@comment-95.180.26.109-20110717120226/@comment-1663285-20110717124428

Annie, Brand, and Malz shouldn't technically be compared to Kass because of their designated roles: the former three are mages and usually nuke-mages to boot, Kass is an anti-mage assassin. Which means he relies on items more but facrerolls squishies by ganking and excels at countering mages in his sleep. By comparing them as mages you aren't realizing Kassadin's inherent hybrid nature, which means Kass WILL be out-classed in terms of utility with a pure AP build because he's reduced to the less effective role of being a walking burst that becomes useless instantly after popping it and remains useless for about 8 seconds. Comparing pure mages to hybrid assassins is fairly pointless since it's like comparing Ashe to Garen.