Kassadin vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Kassadin
based on 2,098 Kassadin vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Kassadin vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Kassadin versus Xerath matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xerath..
Kassadin typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but 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 Xerath
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when trying to fight Xerath, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes a good counter to Xerath.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kassadin into Xerathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kassadin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Xerath matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kassadin is a good counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often racks up more CS compared to Xerath. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kassadin versus Xerath build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Xerath than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 52.6% when countering Xerath with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Xerath as Kassadin, Kassadin players should use 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 we have analyed for Kassadin vs Xerath battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
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