Varus vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Varus
based on 2,158 Varus vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Kassadin
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Varus in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several strategic Varus vs. Kassadin matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Varus normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kassadin. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Varus or Kassadin?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes an ok counter to Kassadin.
While Varus does have a higher win rate compared to Kassadin, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Kassadin.
Additionally, Varus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Kassadin matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Varus is a decent counter for Kassadin. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kassadin. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Varus versus Kassadin build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Kassadin than with most other typical builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Kassadin as Varus, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Varus vs Kassadin LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
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