Kassadin vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Kassadin
based on 5,897 Kassadin vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Kassadin vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some valuable Kassadin against Jhin matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..
Kassadin often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Jhin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Jhin
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Jhin?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when taking on Jhin, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Jhin.
While Kassadin does have a higher winrate than Jhin, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Jhinas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Jhin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter to Jhin. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kassadin to counter Jhin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Jhin. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically 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 most important items to use in your Kassadin versus Jhin build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Jhin than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Jhin with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Jhin as Kassadin, Kassadin players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Jhin clashes, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
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