Tanky DPS Kassadin?!

[quote=PFP]Since Kassadin has been nerfed in his AP ratio why not play him AD? His [icon=Nether Blade size=20] Nether Blade gives him 50 ArP at max! And you pretty much just use your ultimate to initiate and escape.. I've been trying it and surprisingly it works well because no one expects it and they can't focus you down too fast. Thoughts? theory-crafted build: [icon=Trinity Force size=25][icon=Berserker's Greaves size=25][icon=Youmuu's Ghostblade size=25][icon=Banshee's Veil size=25][icon=Atma's Impaler size=25] 6th item: [icon=Guardian Angel size=25][icon=The Bloodthirster size=25][icon=Frozen Mallet size=25][/quote]

[quote=Trojan995]You'd probably want to build a [[catalyst the protector]] early on so your ultimate doesn't chew away mana so fast. But otherwise that looks like a solid build. If I had the patience for kassadin (or if I owned him) I'd try this out, in addition to mastering AP kassadin. btw this is the 3rd AD kassadin thread that I've seen so far.[/quote]

[quote=Jvstm]I play a mean AD Kassadin. [[trinity force]] [[boots of swiftness]] [[youmuu's ghostblade]] Game is usually over. HOWEVER, a couple times the game has lasted longer I went [[infinity edge]] and [[guardian angel]] after. I guess theoretically my last item would be [[bloodthirster]] or [[stark's fervor]][/quote]

[quote=Jet]against anyone who can play beyond the abilities of a level 1 - 5 new player, you'll be harassed out of lane so easily since you can't do any damage and you'll be shut down anytime you "initiate" with your ultimate his ap ratio is still, you know, infinitely better than building AD. Playing an anti-mage/anti-carry as a carry, you're really not going to do anything against anyone who sees you build one item. Any true melee DPS will out damage you and anyone who can CC will shut you down before you even land a melee attack.[/quote]

[quote=Jvstm][quote=Jet] against anyone who can play beyond the abilities of a level 1 - 5 new player, you'll be harassed out of lane so easily since you can't do any damage and you'll be shut down anytime you "initiate" with your ultimate his ap ratio is still, you know, infinitely better than building AD. Playing an anti-mage/anti-carry as a carry, you're really not going to do anything against anyone who sees you build one item. Any true melee DPS will out damage you and anyone who can CC will shut you down before you even land a melee attack. [/quote] Quoted for truth. I can pull it off because my ELO consists of bads, but I'd never take AD Kassadin into ranked play. There is one guy, Chainsawmonkey, I think, who mains AD Kassadin and has some 800 ranked wins with him.[/quote]

[quote=Jet]you mean 34 wins, 29 losses, 1.2k elo 800 and 34 are very different numbers[/quote]

[quote=Jvstm]Is that so? I'm only going by word of mouth from Leagucraft.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=PFP] [icon=Trinity Force size=25][icon=Berserker's Greaves size=25][icon=Youmuu's Ghostblade size=25][icon=Banshee's Veil size=25][icon=Atma's Impaler size=25] 6th item: [icon=Guardian Angel size=25][icon=The Bloodthirster size=25][icon=Frozen Mallet size=25][/quote] BT is waaaay inferior to Gunblade because of Kassadin's good AP ratios. The active is pretty godlike too. That build will probably run into mana problems pretty often.[/quote]

[quote=ExamplePrime]Jeez you guys are retardedly late to this party Teigen has been using AD Kassadin for AGES now http://www.gamereplays.org/leagueoflegends/replays.php?game=66&show=details&id=194029 Cleanse and Ghost and your good to go [quote=Jet] against anyone who can play beyond the abilities of a level 1 - 5 new player, you'll be harassed out of lane so easily since you can't do any damage and you'll be shut down anytime you "initiate" with your ultimate [/quote] And thats a bit of a stupid comment I'll be blunt Jet because its not like AP Kassadin is very strong either until later on Saying you'll be harrassed out the lane is a bad reason to decide that you shouldn't play AD Kassadin[/quote]

[quote=Dante Rebellion]I will have to agree with prime on the fact that AD kassadin is hella-viable. The only problems you will have is the weak early game, but if you can maintain your farm AD kassadin will make sure no one will get out of range. He is also shit hard to counter.. what your gonna build armor to counter him? hah W is going to laugh at your armor, unlike AP kassadin where a banshee or FoN will just shit bricks on his face.. Q and E also add some CC and a teleport to catch up and get away.[/quote]