Taric vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Taric
based on 494 Taric vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Kassadin
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Taric in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some strategic Taric vs. Kassadin counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Taric normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Taric or Kassadin?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a good counter for Kassadin.
While Taric does have a higher winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Taric into Kassadin.
Moreover, Taric has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Kassadin matchups, Taric is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Taric is a decent counter to Kassadin. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taric 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Kassadin. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Taric versus Kassadin build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Kassadin than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when playing against Kassadin with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Kassadin as Taric, Taric players should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Taric vs Kassadin fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.
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