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Kassadin vs Gragas

How to Beat Gragas as Kassadin in LoLKassadin is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Gragas as Kassadin

based on 944 Kassadin vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
56 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Gragas as Kassadin came out of an evaluation of 944 ranked rounds where both champions opposed one another. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Kassadin fights Gragas in only 1.8% of his matches.

Kassadin vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Kassadin does a great job of beating Gragas. On average, he wins a terrific 56.0% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Kassadin versus Gragas rounds, Kassadin’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Gragas.

Best Kassadin vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapMalignance

Optional Items

StormsurgeLuden's CompanionZhonya's HourglassRod of Ages

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kassadin to level upe
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Second ability for Kassadin to level upq
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Last skill for Kassadin to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Kassadin's passive ability p
Kassadin's q ability q
Kassadin's w ability w
Kassadin's e ability e
Kassadin's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Gragas

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 Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Kassadin vs Gragas Counter Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
56 %
VS
Win Rate
44 %
Gragas Image
8
< Kills >
5.5
5.4
< Deaths >
5.8
5.8
< Assists >
7.2
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
175
< Minions Killed >
103
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.62
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,774
< Physical Damage >
1,631
21,203
< Magic Damage >
17,927
567
< True Damage >
686
23,544
< Damage Dealt >
20,245
29,544
< Damage Taken >
29,425
12,323
< Gold Earned >
11,028
1.8
< Towers >
1.45
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
6,127
< Total Healing >
12,290
15,627
< Experience >
13,673
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
8
199
< Time Dealing CC >
420

How to Counter Gragas with Kassadin in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several important Kassadin against Gragas counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gragas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gragas..

Kassadin often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kassadin and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kassadin
Gragas

Who is Better, Kassadin or Gragas?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when trying to fight Gragas, with a 56.0% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes a fantastic counter to Gragas.

While Kassadin does have a much higher win rate compared to Gragas, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Kassadin into Gragasas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Kassadin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Gragas matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Kassadin is a great counter for Gragas. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Gragas.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Kassadin, we analyzed 944 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Gragas as Kassadin comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Kassadin in order to counter Gragas during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kassadin on average accumulates more CS as Gragas. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Kassadin versus Gragas build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Gragas than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 56.0% when playing against Gragas with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Gragas as Kassadin, Kassadin players 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 combinations players chose for Kassadin vs Gragas matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 56.0% win rate overall.

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