Lissandra vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Lissandra
based on 626 Lissandra vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Kassadin
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Lissandra against Kassadin counter statistics that can help us explain the differences between these two champions. Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kassadin..
Lissandra usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Kassadin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually loses when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes a poor counter to Kassadin.
While Lissandra does have a lower win rate compared to Kassadin, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Kassadin.
Moreover, Lissandra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra in order to counter Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra usually gets a similar amount of CS as Kassadin. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Lissandra versus Kassadin build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Kassadin than with many other typical builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Kassadin with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Kassadin as Lissandra, Lissandra players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Lissandra vs Kassadin matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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