Kassadin vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Kassadin
based on 1,801 Kassadin vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Kassadin vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Kassadin in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some important Kassadin against Shaco matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shaco..
Kassadin typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Shaco. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Shaco
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Shaco?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shaco, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes an ok counter to Shaco.
While Kassadin does have a lower winrate than Shaco, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Shacoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. 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 Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter to Shaco. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kassadin against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin in order to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin most often picks up much more CS as Shaco. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kassadin versus Shaco build include Seraph's Embrace, Luden's Companion, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Shaco than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Shaco with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Shaco as Kassadin, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Kassadin vs Shaco clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Shaco as Kassadin are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.