Talk:Cassiopeia/@comment-8733289-20140916091356/@comment-1330314-20140916094747

I don't think that applies. Skarner 2.0 started out by Riot just removing his permaslow without thinking about what would make him worth picking afterwards, but then they set things right by changing his passive and turning him into the tanky mobile CC-heavy freight train that he is now. With Cass, they set out to give her a clear niche and tuned her to fit that. I think her core playstyle is fine, but that her mana costs are too high, particularly on Twin Fang. You can go from 100% mana to OOM in the middle of a combo, and it's not good that Cass gets punished for what is meant to be her biggest success case. She could also use some QoL buffs to make poisoned enemies stand out or show that they're poisoned, but at her core she had a healthy playstyle and a clear niche as a high-damage single-target DPS mage.