Want to buy a mage, but cant decide which one

[quote=Shuk Truk Nahunt]Hi everyone, i have been playing normal draft since 2 weeks and i realized that i need to get a mage. Currently have unlocked [[Morgana]] and [[Annie]], but morg is always banned and i really dont like annie, just bought her vecause it was 450 IP. So far the ones that caught my attention are [[Ahri]], [[Brand]], [[Cassiopeia]] and [[Xerath]]. Can you pllease tell me which is the strongest pick overall, i played them when they were free but it was a long time ago except for [[Ahri]] (last week) and [[Brand]](current rotation)). If you main them or have some knowledge i would like to hear about the champions that counter them and the ones they counter, and some tricks and tips from personal experience Thank you everybody[/quote]

[quote=Crows foot]From what I can tell some of the strongest ap-carries around are Cassiopeia, Ahri, Morgana and TF. The first three for easy to play and good kit-synergy. TF for huge burst, godly poke and insane lanepresence after 6. I am incredibly fond of Brand and I seem to win most lanes with him while also being a factor in teamfights. If you want to try melee, Fizz and Kassadin are strong choices. Kassadin for the silence, mobility and burst while having a passive that negates some magic damage. Fizz for having huge mobility, burst and a "not targetable" modern and having scaling Mr.[/quote]

[quote=Mooninites][[Cassiopeia]] <3[/quote]

[quote=Crows foot]Oh and I forgot, Vladimir. Together with Ryze one of the strongest. Both their "problems" is range and some early game weakness (at least compared to their lategame where they are monsters).[/quote]

[quote=Slappiz][[Xerath]] is incredible strong and underrated.. Seen people 1900+ carrying hard with that champion.[/quote]

[quote=A Chubby Baby]think either cass or ahri. this may have a biased point of view though.[/quote]

[quote=Shuk Truk Nahunt][quote=Crows foot] From what I can tell some of the strongest ap-carries around are Cassiopeia, Ahri, Morgana and TF. The first three for easy to play and good kit-synergy. TF for huge burst, godly poke and insane lanepresence after 6. I am incredibly fond of Brand and I seem to win most lanes with him while also being a factor in teamfights. If you want to try melee, Fizz and Kassadin are strong choices. Kassadin for the silence, mobility and burst while having a passive that negates some magic damage. Fizz for having huge mobility, burst and a "not targetable" modern and having scaling Mr. Oh and I forgot, Vladimir. Together with Ryze one of the strongest. Both their "problems" is range and some early game weakness (at least compared to their lategame where they are monsters) [/quote] When i played [[Cassiopeia]] it wasnt that easy, at lest not as morg. Or may be i was just too noob, perhaps now i can land the full combo, the hardest for me at that time was to land [[Petrifying Gaze]] effectively. I played [[Kassadin]] and [[Fizz]] but i didnt like them too much, i still prefer the ones i mentioned before. From all of them which do you think have the most carry potential? and which is more team dependant. Now that i am playing [[Brand]], sometimes my team´s tanks dont do their job right and i get caught, i die almost instantly because i dont have escape mechanism all my skills are damage spells. With [[Ahri]] i was able to last longer thanks to [[Spirit Rush]]. What mage have the best damage with decent survivability[/quote]

[quote=Crows foot]Morgana has inbuilt spellvamp, so does ahri somewhat,Fiz has damage negation in passive and his trollpole. Vlad has pool and HUGE sustain. Cassio isn't about landing ultimate, it's about wearing them down with q+e until they either back off and give you objective or rush in and then R is easy ;) As brand and others without pure escape, there are two ways. One, never stand idle while casting. Cast, move, cast move, and other is go balls to the walls if you have a chance of going home winning. Then you can more often than not win the duel and maybe even get the double.[/quote]

[quote=Slappiz][quote=Shuk Truk Nahunt] What mage have the best damage with decent survivability [/quote] [[Katarina]], but she requires fast reflexes and general knowledge of all champions if you want to be useful with her. Her [[death lotus]] has really high damage potential, if you can manage to time it correctly. survivability = [[shunpo]][/quote]

[quote=Acid Reigns]Cassiopeia is good, but she's one of the harder mages to do well with Ahri is a strong pick, but I personally don't like her Brand is weaker than he used to be, but he can still burst like a baus Xerath is kinda cool I guess, but don't really have experience on him. I think I played one game, and destroyed everything, but decided he wasn't fun enough for 6300 Tbh, I'd reccomend Cassiopeia Ahri Ryze Mordekaiser Vladimir And of course Evelynn :3 Not really about evelynn though, she's bad :D[/quote]