Who is best against kassadin

It makes it really awkward for her to trade with you as she can only get her Q and E off in a trade which is really weak. Kassadin gains a Void Energy stack each time he or a nearby champion uses an ability, stacking up to 6 times. At 6 stacks, Kassadin gains the ability to cast Force Pulse. Kassadin emits a pulse of void energy in the target direction, dealing magic damage to all enemies in a cone and slowing them for 1 second. Keep in mind that your abilities also stack her E for her.

This is especially relevant for champions like Yasuo and Irelia that tend to spam a lot of abilities. When you are playing these champs, try to avoid unnecessary spell casts as Kassadin will max E in those matchups and she will win a lot of trades if she gets to use her E on cooldown. Blinks to the target location and deals magic damage to all nearby enemies. This ability has greatly reduced cooldown at level Each subsequent Riftwalk cast within 15 seconds doubles its mana cost and increases its damage, stacking up to 4 times.

Early game, try to trade with her when her R is stacked. Although a stacked R does more damage, It puts her in a very awkward position where she can either take the trade and go OOM out of mana or she is forced to trade without her ult to conserve her mana.

If you are playing an AP mage into Kassadin, the current optimal strategy is to start cull, and go attack speed runes on the first stat tree. By starting cull, you will convert your adaptive force from your runes from AP to AD. As your early game harass is largely auto attack based, It results in a TON of extra damage, and absolutely cannot be missed out on. This is largely the reason why the Kassadin Vs Control Mage matchup is slightly Control Mage favored in the current meta.

Get him to either freeze the wave so Kassadin loses XP, or push and pressure the tower hard enough that the other team will need to send 2 people to deal with your top laner, resulting in Kassadin splitting XP with the other person, and delaying her level Kassadin is a melee range AP hyper carry. She is one of the most unique champions in the game due to her insane late game scaling.

This champion is able to 1v5 any game once she gets her infamous level 16 spike. While most high elo mids play her mostly as a counter-pick to champions like Azir and Veigar, there are some high elo mids who have managed to find success with her, even as a blind pick.

If you are looking to be successful on the ladder, you need to learn how to counter how as she is currently one of the most popular champions in high elo! High elo Kassadin mains are able to find farm and survive in lanes that should otherwise be unplayable, by being incredibly disciplined and having good wave management. Your job against Kassadin is to prevent her scaling at all costs. If she falls behind early, which is quite common given her weak early game, she has a very very hard time coming back into the game.

Fundamental wave management techniques need to be used, which we will cover later, that will allow you to extend your early game lead and stop Kassadin from coming back into the game. There are 2 main fundamental techniques to be learned in order to counter Kassadin. The 2 techniques are the slow push, as well as the freeze. The former technique is mostly used early, while the latter is used as we move into the mid game. On the first 3 waves, you want to do something similar to a cheater recall.

You can learn about a cheater recall here. Nevertheless, a good Kassadin will be a huge threat to Ekko. Due to his shield being so big there was no way to be able to punish his early game. But your Miasma really does do a number when countering his R. Nowadays it shouldn't be that hard of a matchup but I'd stay on ur toes and ask for jungle presence.

Try to get a good miasma on him early and snowball ur lead. You kind of have to end early so Kassadin can't scale and win the game. Your abilities are AP based so it wont do a metric ton of damage compared to other champs but your Autos are AD and they do full damage. Vladimir Mid Guide Both Runes can be taken. How to win clash Feat. Yone by JustGalaxy06 Yone Player. Once Kassadin reaches 6, he can avoid all of your damage and will scale into an uncontested monster.

Bring the Heat! Guide to Rumble mid in Season 11 by grebe Rumble Player. You can zone him from creeps pretty easily so do it as much as you can and don't let him snowball. You're not gonna do much, he eats your abilities, and you can't keep up with his scaling. Fallseyy's Akali Guide He outscales you and has a lot of early game strength. Try to farm as best as possible and help your team. He is pretty unlikely to die to a gank post 6 unless he misplayes.

It is almost impossible for you to trade with him due to his Q providing him with harass and a shield. I try to play this lane passive, survive and farm as much as I can.

Call for jungle help and roam to to other lanes when possible. You need to make sure that you are poking them out early as well as pushing the wave so that Kassadin struggles with farming, call for early ganks if you can because you cannot let Kassadin scale. Each time he goes for a last hit make sure to E and Q him, if you notice the kass using R to farm, predict that and place W over low health minion groups usually caster.

Dont let him get to lvl He WILL kill your entire team if you dont chain cc him. Late game, he can burst you quite easily if you're full AP. Now this being said you have a range advantage if you can kill him pre-6 you have a chance but remember once he gets 6 its going to be very hard to kill him so try and minimalize big engages unless your jungle is near. If you aren't Perma-banning Ahri Perma ban this guy. Kass-o-win's lvl 16 and late game potential is unmatchable unless you can destroy him early and get fed.

Take conq, take ignite. Be aggressive in this matchup, but pay attention to the map, he will likely ask the jungler to perm camp you. To win the lane, you need to freeze as much as possible early game so you deny him from CSing. If he comes close, poke him with your Q, or just go all in as long as there are isn't so many minions by his side.

He will outrade you at any stage of the game, and even if you win a trade slightly Kassadin usually goes fleetfootwork and corrupting potion for great sustain. Getting AD early and going Conq is highly recommended against Kassadin because he takes reduced damage from AP due to his passive, so most of your damage will be basic attacks with Conq. Bork is highly recommended.

His Q can interrupt your R so be careful when using it. You want to trade when his Q is down and basic attack a lot. Sadly Kassadin feels very hard to stop. Give him any kill and its over. Or let him free farm to and its over. You need to snowball hard and end the game before Kassadin reaches late game godmode.

Iron 1 xerath guide by Lavishmouse Diamond Xerath Player. Start Doran's blade or cull rush sheen Optional. He is a passive laner that will outscale you hard either freeze and ask your jungler to camp him or spam push and roam to get ur team ahead before he starts scaling. Don't fight him in side lanes. Really nothing you can do against him. If you don't want to ban him, try and get a kill on him before level 6 and use your poke after his shield disappears.

Play passive and farm. In late game he outscales you so be careful of that. I would suggest you to ban him because there are no counterplays late game. When facing a Kassadin, always keep in mind that he might become really tanky after completing his rod of ages.

Whenever you miss your E, you will get a lot of damage. Try to use that. When you have your E ready, Kassadin might wait for you to miss it and engage. When Kassadin is in lane with you, just try to not get killed and farm. That way, your team is able to win the Teamfight.

He's extremely hard to play against because his Null sphere cancels your ultimate. His low cd ultimate also means you can't hit him with q most of the time.

If I'm ever against a Kassadin, I start doran's blade and can out trade him with autos. If he ults on you, he probably also used all his other abilities in the process and you can engage on him for a short while because he has no way of fighting back. He is harmless until level 9. Trading is really good and he will be an easy target. If this lane isn't going as well as i'm saying, buy a hexdrinker and call for a gank, he will die. Farming Champions by economistastonks Diamond Pyke Player.

Yes his q can cancel your ult and the magic shields are hard to fight. You need to win pre 6 and with season 11 you can just build ad and farm him just like a zed would. After bork he cant deal with you unless turbo fed. WIP [ Very hard to kill solo especially after 6. He's a monster late-game though, don't let him get to level Remember his Q stops your ult.

You can crush him pre-6 and crush him after 6, if he jumps you, gold card Q him and back off and you'll win trades. I'd say ban him or if you're against him roam a lot and don't try to fight him because he wins all in for free. A Katarina Guide. Try to win before Kassadin gets level Season 11 Blucian! If you get to play this matchup try to get your jungle to gank him early game or constantly push him and look for oppurtunities around the map.

It should only take you standard combos to kill him. You will beat him in the early-mid game, and then he will crush you in the late game. You can kill this champ 20 times early and he will still come back and one shot you later. He is unkillable post-6, so get your jungle to camp him pre Like most mele matchups, he has to jump into you to actually do proper damage which lines it perfectly up with r w combo. Vel'koz build for pre-season by Clarent84 Vel'Koz Player. But not if the enemy is a Kassadin.

After lvl 6 with his ult he can chase you forever or at least, until he has mana. The only advantage you will have is early and mid game Azir sustain build by unBearable2 Azir Player. Your objective is to end the game fast by NOT letting him scale.

So if you can't do anything to him in lane, shove the wave and roam to other lanes and get them ahead. His passive makes him take reduced magic damage, his Q gives him a magic shield. His Rod of the ages core item makes him tankier as well. Kassadin will scale for free, and if he gets to lategame, noone can stop him.

His early game isnt that strong and he has very low armor so going the klepto page allows you to get fed early on. His Q can be quiet annoying as it not only causes damage but gives him a shield against magic damage too. Try to zone him as much as possible early and bully him from his farm. Once he reaches level 6 the real fun begins.

Kassadin will likely roam now too so be sure to give your team a heads up if he goes missing or follow him if possible. After 6, save your E till he used his blink. His waveclear is really weak, so you can shove him in super fast and roam. If he tries to ult in, he risks getting stunned with your Q if he has minions. Do stuff pre because, post he will just kill you. He's not that dangerous in lane, despite his annoying Q, as you can still auto him after gold-carding even if he Q's you.

It's not an easy matchup and definitely a loss post 11 levels. So you have to do A LOT on the map before that. Try to farm as much as you can during laning phase and you can trade with him whenever he walks up to farm a creep. His Q is annoying as it offers him a shield. After 6, he doesn't have as much burst as Akali and if you are even or ahead of him you should be able to kill him with x3 ultimate stacks.

If you fall behind though, this will be difficult. He will want to roam so be sure to either follow him or else be the one leading the roam. Take Electrocute as it will be easy to proc. Try to freeze the lane, and not to push, so he either lose CS, or he take poke damage. Try to either kill him, or avoid him from CS. If you have an early jungler such as elise, you can easily set up a dive in the early levels, if you have the info on their jungler.

In late tho, once he get level 6, you won't be able to hold him at all, but normally, you have the tools to end before he get to level Neeko Guide! Late game, he can burst you quite easily. Mid and Jungle! Should they be decent at playing the champion or are a OTP, then you might be in for some trouble. Try to farm as much as you can during laning phase. After 6 he becomes kill-able for you.

Even tho Kassadin's level 16 is broken, you can still kill him if you play good in a 1v1. Huevonivia by Joraxlol Diamond Anivia Player. It'll be problematic during laning phase as well. Lux midlane runes by hannexis Lux Player.

If he get's too ballsy you can punish him with your ult. It's rough to get a taste of your own medicine with the silence, and the shield can eat some of your damage, but until 6 you have massive lane pressure over him.

Pre level 6, you have edge. AFTER level 6, be on alert at all, times. His power spike at 6 makes him very hard to pin down for a long time, and he can chunk you out very quickly if you dont have something or someone you can fall back too close by. Try to get him behind early on if you can, but after he hits level 6, play as safe as you possibly can and let him be the one to screw up. His Q can shut you down in a team fight as your R cancels if Anivia is hit with any form of displacement or CC.

Try to contain him pre-6 because that is when he is the weakest. He will attempt to poke lvl 1 by starting Q and will only go for CS with Q. Poke him if he tries to auto for cs. Deny him as much CS as you can. He really can't do much pre-6 unless he has his jungler. Outscales you. Take Fleet or Conq Depends on team comp.

You can try. Let the wave push into you so you could chase him down for the kill once q2 is ready. At 11 it might start to get challenging If somehow it lasts that long, build spirit visage. If you do, the game is lost. Early, with ad items, conqueror, and auto reset from e, you can win pre 6, but be very careful. Its best to pick another ad champ when you see him in champ select. Katarina Yuki H. His passive is pretty much useless against any AD champions, but will have very good sustain in lane with fleet footwork.

Make sure to not use too much energy by committing to poke. Diamond Zed Player. Proceed to trade whenever possible and look for kills before level 6. Post 6 be careful for his burst but you should win until he has items. Even at lvl 6 he isn't that strong because he doesn't have items but when his ult starts ranking up you just die. I used to despise Kassadin with my scaling builds. He seemed unbeatable between his sustain, poke damage, and powerful W that kept me away from farm.

Recently I've had some pretty successful lanes running HoB into him instead. The best way to handle Kassadin is to get the lane frozen and bully him away from farm with Hail. Your combo is terrifying for a champion with so little armor and will completely prevent him from walking up to melee farm, forcing him to Q creeps over you in order to avoid being hard starved. His E makes sticking to him and threatening solo kills unlikely, but as long as you keep him off of your creeps you are doing your job.

Begin positioning aggressively and zoning him at level 2. You may be able to surprise him at level 3 and kill him if he isn't careful. The most important thing is to get that freeze going and keep it going to put him 50 CS behind. Mind that burnout doesn't end up breaking your freeze and never E more than 1 creep at a time, even if it may get you some damage onto him. Tank incoming waves in front of your turret and keep them parked right out of its range.

Then position behind the caster minions so that you can hit Kassadin and only Kassadin with your E and W if he even thinks about going up for farm. Once I get more skilled at this, Kassadin may not be such a bad lane after all. I will probably drop the difficulty further in the future, but I'm leaving him at 4 for now simply because he's such a high scaling threat later on.

Try to kill him until he get level 6. Shove your lane and roam to help your team. Try to end the game fast, you do NOT want to let him scale. Can zone and beat kassadin early with his crappy early game. Abuse him and make sure you don't get ganked from the enemy jungler.

At 6 he starts to rift walk, but you can outplay that by using melee form E to push him away. He need 2 items to do something, watch for enemy ganks and try to run him down when he have no mana to R.

When it comes to the trades of damage, Lissandra has an advantage in early because of her attack and ability range advantage but that's only when Kassadin still doesn't have his Rift Walk. Also, Kassadin's passive ability makes him take a bit less magic damage. So it might became a bit of disadvantage for Lissandra. Magic Penetration can't affect that magic damage reduction of Kassadin. Lissandra by xSealed Lissandra Player. And his ult has low cooldown by the way.

A gold player's guide to Viktor by ai darkfluid Viktor Player. Pre-6 you should wait for him to throw out Q and wait out the shield, when he tries to back off after it runs out E after him to trade back with Q W. Post-6 I suggest you get some MR. It might just be me though. Another annoying this is that he silences you and gains a stupid magic shield.

Try not to fill his E up without knowing. After Fizz he's my 2nd favorite ban because of how OP he is. Try to wave clear so he can't roam, Kass's wave clear isn't very good so that's a way to stop him.

Late game you're basically fucked if he doesn't make mistakes. However, most Kassadin players suck ass lmao. Poke him pre 6 I mean like hella hard. After 6 freeze the wave and if he ults near your turret, shuffle him to turret as his ult cd lvl 1 is 5 seconds.

Take Conq Pre 6 just bully him. After 6 freeze the wave. Season Kassadin shines against mages, but strives against AD assassins like Talon and Zed. Pre 16 is where you shine against Kassadin. However, post 16 Kassadin is a nightmare no matter who you're playing. One shot Fizz guide by Jackpitts Fizz Player. Freeze wave in front of your tower, deny him cs and exp by threatening all in. His early game 1v1 is surprisingly powerful especially if he takes electrocute, but he is super vulnerable to ganks pre 6.

You can though W after him. You outdamage him pretty big. Take ignite and trade a lot early. Ask for gank. Shove the wave so he has a hard time farming. After 6 stay back. A guide to Karma Mid [ Only use your ultimate after he uses his Q. If he silences you he gets a shield so try and either back away or reposition to land a charm on him. At 6 he can engage on you and kill you if he has his item. Stay away from him entirely unless your team is around you after he hits 16 because he scales hard.

Galio op op in depth Galio guide by topal Galio Player. You can farm him lvl EVERY time he walks up for a minion you fuck him up. Guide to the Vlad God Patch Be careful though for his level 6. It's impossible to deal with him unless the Kassadin is bad at the game.

Rush hexdrinker and merc treads and get nullifying orb from the sorcery tree. Katarina guide Ignore this lol by LilyMaren Ziggs Player. He has to get close to you to deal significant damage.

Late game, though, he can be almost as much of a powerhouse as you. Try to slow his farm by pushing him under turret. Once he gets ultimate, make sure to play back.

Just kite this guy. He can r your combo and q your out of your r. I don't usually ban this champion because not many people play him but if you do go against one play super aggro pre 6. In early you can kill him with simple trades combos until lvl 6. After lvl 6 he is strong but if you killed him befor 6 you can kill him always.

Don't let him scale. Much Worse. He is weak early, but is still able to kill you easily and once he hits level 16, its just over.

Dodge if at all possible. If he runs TP, he will be even in lane. To beat him out of lane, you need enough mobility so he can't land his ult on you. Nate's guide for Gab ft. Yone Mid. Yasuo Mid. Kassadin is best with Name Winrate.

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