K'Sante vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as K'Sante
based on 838 K'Sante vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Kassadin
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Advice to Win Against Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
K'Sante vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with K'Sante in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several vital K'Sante vs. Kassadin counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Kassadin..
K'Sante typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between K'Sante and Kassadin
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Kassadin?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Kassadin, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, K'Sante makes a poor counter to Kassadin.
While K'Sante does have a lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, K'Sante also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more challenging champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking K'Sante into Kassadinas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, K'Sante has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
K'Sante is a garbage counter for Kassadin. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as K'Sante against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master K'Sante to counter Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your K'Sante versus Kassadin build include Kaenic Rookern, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better versus Kassadin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, K'Sante had an average winrate of 46.9% when countering Kassadin with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Kassadin as K'Sante, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for K'Sante vs Kassadin matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.
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