Kassadin vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Kassadin
based on 762 Kassadin vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Kassadin vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several valuable Kassadin vs. Xayah counter stats that can help us understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xayah..
Kassadin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Xayah
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Xayah?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 52.2% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Kassadin does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kassadin into Xayahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Xayah matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kassadin is an above average counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kassadin to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Xayah. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Kassadin versus Xayah build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Kassadin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Xayah than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 52.2% when countering Xayah with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Xayah as Kassadin, you 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. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Kassadin vs Xayah counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.2% win rate overall.
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