Kassadin vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Kassadin
based on 1,957 Kassadin vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Blitzcrank
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Kassadin vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some critical Kassadin against Blitzcrank counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Kassadin typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Blitzcrank. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Blitzcrank?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually loses when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a poor counter to Blitzcrank.
While Kassadin does have a lower win rate than Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Blitzcrankas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter to Blitzcrank. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kassadin against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average accumulates much more CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kassadin versus Blitzcrank build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Blitzcrank than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Blitzcrank as Kassadin, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Blitzcrank matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Blitzcrank as Kassadin are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.