Diana vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Diana
based on 2,080 Diana vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Kassadin
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
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.
Diana vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Diana in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Diana against Kassadin matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Diana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kassadin. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Diana or Kassadin?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Diana usually loses when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Diana makes a poor counter for Kassadin.
While Diana does have a lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Diana into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Diana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Diana against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Diana in order to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana usually picks up less CS as Kassadin. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Diana versus Kassadin build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Diana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Kassadin than with most other common builds. In fact, Diana had an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Kassadin as Diana, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Diana vs Kassadin face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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