Annie vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Annie
based on 897 Annie vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Kassadin
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Annie versus Kassadin counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kassadin..
Annie normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Kassadin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Annie and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Annie or Kassadin?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Annie usually loses when playing against Kassadin, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Annie makes a bad counter for Kassadin.
While Annie does have a lower winrate than Kassadin, when facing one another, Annie also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Annie into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Annie also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Annie is a trash counter for Kassadin. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Annie against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Annie to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically gets a similar amount of CS as Kassadin. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Annie versus Kassadin build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie used at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Kassadin than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when countering Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Kassadin as Annie, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Annie vs Kassadin clashes, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.
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