Talk:Kassadin/@comment-25912163-20150223215656/@comment-9705522-20150303165424

In that case there is another problem. Few people in Solo Q built DFG (about 25% at its prime). A lot less built Ionians (about 5-10% at its prime). In LCS Ionians were built, but DFG never was. So, still, no 40%. As for Elixir, late game item, you know? You wont get it early. Unless you enjoy setting yourself back for a minimal boost.

She isnt. Here is the basic of Katarina: she is a completely ult-reliant champion. Guess what happens if she does not use her ult at all? She would need 6 resets to be as good as other aoe mages. As you might notice, there is a slight problem here. You cant get more than 5 resets. Alright, so with a little bit more than half a second of ult she needs 4 resets to be as good. But wait, there is more. Since her damage until she reaches those 4 resets is way subpar, that means that her team had to be winning either way. So it doesnt matter anyway.

3 daggers are only 75% though? Or do you mean in total? In which case I got bad news for you. 200% is about 1200 damage before MR is applied. That usually gets reduced by about 30% (on the squishies, more on the tanks). Not a lot, given the average HP late game is between 2.3k and 4k.

As for QW followed by QEW being able to kill a squishy, nope. Not even close. Not even close to being close. QW followed by QEW does about 60% of their HP, assuming no reduction on the Q damage. Or any buffs or debuffs or auras or the like. It also requires them to be in range of W. Which they often are not. It also requires your W to hit them before the Q does, which it also often doesnt (and you cant stop to wait because that loses too much time). Oh and its with a full build, of course.

It also requires a reset. So, in order to kill the squishiest target you would need a reset, and even more damage than that. So Im afraid your thesis of her being OP is wrong (which surprises noone, really).