Talk:Kassadin/@comment-121.54.64.23-20120320093012/@comment-88.186.19.90-20120320152923

He needs that MR to avoid getting instant gibbed.

His passive is more to protect his laning phase and avoid 1-hit combos like Malz's ult or leblanc's burst than really give you some decent protection against magic damage, you'll die if you don't build resistance and try to duke it out.