Talk:Kassadin/@comment-108.210.200.43-20120208050013/@comment-88.186.19.90-20120209045641

Sion also wrecks him. Most Tanky AD characters that don't rely on their spells will counter him badly and will reduce his efficiency (example: Cait wrecks him, but not Riven).

You have to be really committed to the champ, know him in and out: what he has to build against who, when to engage and when to run, when to leave the fight, when to towerdive, you have to really think on your feet, play him like he is supposed to be played while adapting to the opponent at the same time. His early game is really really really shitty, like seriously the worst ever, and doing well during that early will influences a lot the rest of the game... Basicaly he is one of the hardest champs to use even remotely well, even maybe THE hardest. You will loose your 100 first lanes with him and suck pretty badly if you try to take him directly into mid-high ELO (and he doesn't get banned).

That being said, he can circumvent almost any counter pick (with a few exceptions obviously), has an insane burst that rivals with Leblanc's (actually, on a pure metagame standpoint Kassadin burst>Leblanc burst, but that's theorycrafting) remains fully usable and efficient from mid to late, eats AP casters (and casters in general) as 11 o'clock snacks, has so much mobility it's not even funny, and snowballs very very well.

It's up to you. If you don't have time/will to commit to him, take Talon instead: just as badass, similar kit, easier to play and not as banned in ranked.