Elise vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Elise
based on 369 Elise vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Kassadin
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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.
Elise vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Elise in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some important Elise vs. Kassadin counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Elise often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Elise and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Elise or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Elise usually loses when facing off against Kassadin, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes a bad counter to Kassadin.
While Elise does have a lower win rate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Elise into Kassadinas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Elise also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Elise vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Elise is a terribly counter to Kassadin. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Elise in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise typically gets a lot less 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 sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Elise versus Kassadin build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Kassadin than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Elise had an average winrate of 47.4% battling Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Kassadin as Elise, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Elise vs Kassadin counter picks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.
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