Rek'Sai vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Rek'Sai
based on 302 Rek'Sai vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Kassadin
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several important Rek'Sai vs. Kassadin counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin..
Rek'Sai usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Kassadin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Kassadin?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when playing against Kassadin, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes a good counter for Kassadin.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate compared to Kassadin, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Kassadin.
Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Kassadin matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rek'Sai is a decent counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rek'Sai to counter Kassadin during both the lane 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 will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Kassadin. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Kassadin build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Kassadin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 51.7% battling Kassadin with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Kassadin as Rek'Sai, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Kassadin counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% winrate overall.
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