Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Twitch against Kassadin matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, showing that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kassadin..
Twitch typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Twitch usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Twitch makes an ok counter to Kassadin.
While Twitch does have a lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Twitch also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Twitch into Kassadin.
Moreover, Twitch has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Twitch is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Twitch against Kassadin.
If you would like to truly master Twitch to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kassadin. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Kassadin build include Infinity Edge, Runaan's Hurricane, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Twitch combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Kassadin than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Twitch boasted an average win rate of 49.6% battling Kassadin with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Kassadin as Twitch, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Twitch vs Kassadin clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.
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