Lee Sin vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Lee Sin
based on 1,699 Lee Sin vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Kassadin
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several critical Lee Sin versus Kassadin matchup statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Lee Sin normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Kassadin. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Kassadin?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Kassadin, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a poor counter for Kassadin.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate than Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lee Sin into Kassadin.
Additionally, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Kassadin during both the early game 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 suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin typically accumulates a lot less CS as Kassadin. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Lee Sin versus Kassadin build include Black Cleaver, Maw of Malmortius, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Kassadin than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 48.3% battling Kassadin with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Kassadin as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Lee Sin vs Kassadin face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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