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How to Win Kassadin vs Ivern Counter MatchupKassadin is in the s tier of champions

Kassadin vs Ivern

How to Beat Ivern as Kassadin in LoLKassadin is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Ivern as Kassadin

based on 591 Kassadin vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Ivern as Kassadin came out of an examination of 591 ranked matches where both champs battled one another. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Kassadin is forced to battle against Ivern in only 1.1% of his games.

Kassadin vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Kassadin has done a good job of beating Ivern. Typically, he wins a whopping 53.8% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Kassadin against Ivern matches, Kassadin’s team is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't get first blood versus Ivern.

Best Kassadin vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandTear of the Goddess

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassRod of Ages

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapMalignance

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 upw
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Last skill for Kassadin to max outq

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 Ivern as Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Kassadin vs Ivern Counter Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
Ivern Image
7.3
< Kills >
2.4
5
< Deaths >
4.6
5.2
< Assists >
12.5
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
0.5
171
< Minions Killed >
17
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.15
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,651
< Physical Damage >
2,768
19,129
< Magic Damage >
5,701
490
< True Damage >
1,001
21,270
< Damage Dealt >
9,471
27,921
< Damage Taken >
16,275
11,761
< Gold Earned >
9,505
1.88
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
5,933
< Total Healing >
5,889
14,875
< Experience >
12,023
15
< Vision Score >
24
7
< Wards Placed >
7
187
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Counter Ivern with Kassadin in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some influential Kassadin versus Ivern counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ivern. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Kassadin typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ivern. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kassadin and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kassadin
Ivern

Who is Better, Kassadin or Ivern?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when taking on Ivern, with a 53.8% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a great counter for Ivern.

While Kassadin does have a higher winrate compared to Ivern, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kassadin into Ivernas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Ivern matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Kassadin is a great counter to Ivern. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Ivern.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin vs Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Kassadin, we analyzed 591 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 Ivern 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin in order to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kassadin typically picks up much more CS relative to Ivern. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Kassadin versus Ivern build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Ivern than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 53.8% when playing against Ivern with this counter build.

To have the best probability of crushing Ivern 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Kassadin vs Ivern matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.8% winrate overall.

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