Talk:Kha'Zix/@comment-5211662-20140710210822/@comment-5211662-20140711200353

Pantheon does more damage, but doesn't have a dash. His E is easily avoided unless you manage to stun an enemy with your W. Pantheon will have to build tankier than Kha'Zix to survive late-game teamfights because if he is focused while he does a full-assassin build, he will die very easily and he has no escapes.

Zed does a lot more damage than Kha'Zix. However, he relies a lot on his ultimate to kill an enemy. Without his ultimate Zed has a hard time killing enemies by late-game. Kha'Zix does not rely on his ultimate to damage enemies, and he has a far more reliable poke and a better dash.

Talon does more damage but his only escape is his ultimate, and he will have to lose an important part of his burst, not to mention that it's not avaliable pre-6. He has no escapes during a teamfight and is very easy to focus and kill.

Akali does more damage but her only escape is her ultimate, even so it's extremely unreliable because it requires a nearby enemy minion or a neutral monster. She also relies on her ultimate to kill targets. If she can't kill the enemy champion, she is at risk of losing the charges on her ultimate, which means losing her damage, and her possibly escape mechanism. She also has an extremely hard time laning pre-6 due to not having gap closers, CC, pulls, speed steroids, or ranged poke.

"vastly inferior version of Akali" I would't think so. As I said, Akali has a very hard time on lane. She doesn't actually counter anything because of this. Some champions that Akali is said to counter, such as Lux and Jayce, can actually poke her to death before 6 and deny her farm, bully her, and prevent her from being a threat to themselves after level 6. At least Kha'Zix can poke them with W, and he can gap the close on them before level 6. Also, on a teamfight if Kha'Zix makes a mistake with his leap, he can still save himself using his ultimate. There is a reason why Kha'Zix was a lot more popular than Akali before.