Viktor vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Viktor
based on 897 Viktor vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Kassadin
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Viktor versus Kassadin counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kassadin..
Viktor usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Viktor or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually wins when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a good counter for Kassadin.
While Viktor does have a higher win rate than Kassadin, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Kassadinas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Kassadin matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Viktor is a decent counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor to counter Kassadin during both the laning 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 shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often 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 have in your Viktor versus Kassadin build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Kassadin than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 51.6% battling Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Kassadin as Viktor, Viktor players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Viktor vs Kassadin counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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