Kass is actually REALLY easy to beat. The problem is people tend to overextend into a 1vX team fight. The objective with Kass is to keep him running away so that he's not productive. Make him blow his rift walks away, crippling a teamfight/capture.

Any character with a CC/Slow/Silence is deadly to him. I usually have no problem with Kass playing Kog'Maw or Twitch (Twitch especially, the startle out of stealth always makes Kass riftwalk away, and by the time he does it I'd already hit him about 3-4 times, use my W, hit him a few more times and Expunge for massive damage, causing him to either run to port or simply fall back).

Just stack MRes and he's easily handled.

They could probably stand to remove Kassadin's MR/level. He doesn't need it with his passive.

Kassadin is a great character but like with all overpowered threads he is handled with proper reaction and a prepared team.

Magic Resist coupled with a touch of HP ruin his burst combo. Sustained assault with a dash of CC also make him think twice. His mobility does give him a huge advantage but this comes at a cost as well. He has to balance many things in his build (CDR, AP, Magic Pen) to do damage but also has to keep in mind he has to get close putting him in harms way, meaning more of the gold has to be spent on survival items (HP, Armor, MR ect.) or he will die.

So while a strong pick and indeed sometimes ban worthy, he is not OP.

Kass does need MR/level considering he blinks into melee or near-melee range, does his Q/E combo, then does nothing except whack people with his W active

just survive that initial burst/silence and you can gib him

kill his allies

the MR / level stat is what makes him "too much of an anti-mage"

I mean his passive, his silence, and his ultimate.. no MR / level needed.

1. Pick Ryze,
2. Get odyn's veil.
3. KASS RIFTWALKS AND COMBOS YOU
4. QWQEQ1WRQWEQWEQEWQEQEQWEQWQQ
5. DEAD KASS

Its not hard. Send an AD ranged carry mid. Congrats, with Doran's blade, your poke is greater than Kass.

Half the reason I think Cait's a *****.