Aatrox vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Aatrox
based on 2,728 Aatrox vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Kassadin
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Aatrox vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Aatrox in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Aatrox against Kassadin counter stats that can help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin..
Aatrox normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aatrox and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Kassadin?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Aatrox makes an ok counter for Kassadin.
While Aatrox does have a higher win rate than Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Aatrox also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Kassadin.
Moreover, Aatrox also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Kassadin matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Aatrox against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox in order to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Aatrox versus Kassadin build consist of Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Aatrox used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Kassadin than with many other common builds. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Kassadin with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Kassadin as Aatrox, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Aatrox vs Kassadin battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kassadin as Aatrox are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.