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

Kassadin vs Warwick

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

based on 2,025 Kassadin vs Warwick matchups
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. Within our data, Kassadin engaged Warwick in 2025 rounds. Using so many matchups for Kassadin versus Warwick provides us faith in our capacity to produce informative statistics and a pro build to counter your rival. This pairing is relatively rare. Kassadin has to counter Warwick in only 3.9% of his games.

Kassadin vs Warwick Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kassadin does a below average job of countering Warwick. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.3% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Kassadin versus Warwick games, Kassadin’s team is 0.2% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood against Warwick.

Best Kassadin vs Warwick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandTear of the Goddess

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceRod of Ages

Optional Items

Lich BaneZhonya's HourglassVoid StaffStormsurge

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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 Warwick as Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Warwick

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 Warwick

Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.

Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.

Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.

Kassadin vs Warwick Counter Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Warwick Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.5
5.9
< Deaths >
6.5
6.1
< Assists >
7.1
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
161
< Minions Killed >
58
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.42
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,740
< Physical Damage >
8,651
19,969
< Magic Damage >
9,329
566
< True Damage >
869
22,275
< Damage Dealt >
18,849
29,337
< Damage Taken >
39,732
11,737
< Gold Earned >
11,674
1.61
< Towers >
1.53
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
5,708
< Total Healing >
21,819
15,010
< Experience >
13,370
15
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
7
179
< Time Dealing CC >
287

How to Counter Warwick with Kassadin in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some significant Kassadin vs. Warwick matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Warwick’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Warwick..

Kassadin usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Warwick. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kassadin and Warwick

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Warwick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kassadin
Warwick

Who is Better, Kassadin or Warwick?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually loses when playing against Warwick, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes a poor counter to Warwick.

While Kassadin does have a lower winrate than Warwick, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Warwickas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Kassadin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Warwick. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Warwick matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter for Warwick. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kassadin against Warwick.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin vs Warwick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Warwick as Kassadin, we analyzed 2,025 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 Warwick 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 learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Warwick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kassadin most often gets more CS as Warwick. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kassadin versus Warwick build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Warwick than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Warwick with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Warwick 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 builds players picked for Kassadin vs Warwick LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.

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