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

Kassadin vs Urgot

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

based on 987 Kassadin vs Urgot matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Urgot as Kassadin resulted from an evaluation of 987 ranked matches where both champions clashed against one another. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Kassadin fights Urgot in only 1.9% of his rounds.

Kassadin vs Urgot Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kassadin does a below average job of beating Urgot. On average, he wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champs battle each other in. In Kassadin vs Urgot games, Kassadin’s team is 0.2% less probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Urgot.

Best Kassadin vs Urgot Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandRuby Crystal

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceStormsurgeRod of Ages

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassMalignanceLuden's Companion

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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E
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Guide to Countering Urgot as Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Urgot

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 Urgot

If you are struck by Fear Beyond Death, do your best to avoid falling below the execution threshold (25% of your Maximum Health) until the effect times out.

Urgot relies heavily on blasting opponents with his legs, which have their own cooldowns and only detonate when he attacks in the direction they are facing. Avoid getting hit by multiple.

Urgot can deal and absorb tremendous amounts of damage with Purge, but slows himself while firing.

Kassadin vs Urgot Counter Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Urgot Image
7.3
< Kills >
6.9
5.8
< Deaths >
5.6
5.9
< Assists >
5
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
168
< Minions Killed >
184
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.62
1,630
< Physical Damage >
21,454
18,776
< Magic Damage >
118
528
< True Damage >
1,810
20,935
< Damage Dealt >
23,382
29,828
< Damage Taken >
27,509
11,847
< Gold Earned >
12,606
1.61
< Towers >
2.84
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,836
< Total Healing >
5,176
15,249
< Experience >
15,355
15
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
9
184
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Counter Urgot with Kassadin in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several important Kassadin vs. Urgot matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Urgot’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Urgot..

Kassadin usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Urgot. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kassadin and Urgot

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Urgot
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kassadin
Urgot

Who is Better, Kassadin or Urgot?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually loses when trying to fight Urgot, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes a bad counter for Urgot.

While Kassadin does have a lower winrate compared to Urgot, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Kassadin into Urgotas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Kassadin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Urgot. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Urgot matchups, Urgot is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Kassadin is a terribly counter for Urgot. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Urgot.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin vs Urgot Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Urgot as Kassadin, we analyzed 987 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 Urgot 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 Urgot during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kassadin typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Urgot. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Kassadin versus Urgot build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Urgot than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Urgot with this build.

To have the best chance of beating Urgot as Kassadin, Kassadin players should equip 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 runes we have analyed for Kassadin vs Urgot counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Urgot as Kassadin are given for all skill levels, merged. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.