Talk:Kassadin/@comment-4636093-20140505005134/@comment-5606883-20140507061659

While his laning phase used to be better with his Q silence, he was never a good laner. However, i don't think his laning phase is non-existant.

His new W makes his mana problems something that you can actually deal with now (still sucks against champs like Ziggs and Lux tho).

And Kass *does* have waveclear. Its not amazing, but his E is a pretty short cooldown and easy to stack up if you're not alone in lane, but E + R can still get the lane pushed out so you can recall or roam if you have something like a heal advantage or a kill adv. on the enemy mid.

The worst thing about new Kass is how he only has natural defences against Magic Damage. I can understand keeping his passive a magic % Reduction, but I think his Q shield should be all damage, b/c now champs like Zed or Panth can dance circles around his squishy body.