Talk:Cassiopeia/@comment-4636093-20140827230102/@comment-1330314-20140828015419

"I agree with HeresyHorus here. Cassio was in no spot that justified a rework."

An overhaul would actually be even more drastic than a rework, too. A rework implies changing a champion's playstyle so that they can be healthier for gameplay or so that they can better fulfill their gameplay fantasy; an overhaul implies changing a champion's core identity to a new gameplay fantasy. got overhauled, and will get overhauled as well.

While helps Cass's mana problems (on top of her current passive, which despite encouraging spell spam doesn't succeed at its function), it's also a crutch without which she has difficulty playing properly. There are several other champions with this problem ( most of all), but the bottom line is that items are meant to open up options, not remove restrictions, which is one of the reasons is being reworked. The issue here isn't that Cass has mana problems until she builds mana or mana regen, but that she cannot realistically combo off of her enemies without those stats. It's a lot healthier for Cass to have her PBE mana refund that encourages her to build mana while still allowing her to manage her mana in lane properly, than to deny her her primary combo until she buys a. The core difference here is that items like and  are good on her by making her legitimately more powerful, instead of just allowing her to play as she normally should.

I also disagree with ZFlash on her passive: sure, if her passive really did give her AP per minute, that would be boring and would have little gameplay, but that's not how her passive works. She becomes more powerful mainly through last hitting and champion harass, which means that not only is she rewarded for playing well (especially since she gets rewarded for harassing at a point in the game where she's relatively weak), but her opponent can also play around her passive by dodging her abilities and zoning her out. It's basically her current playstyle with her strengths and weaknesses amplified, which is a good thing.