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How to Win Warwick vs Kassadin Counter MatchupWarwick is in the a tier of champions

Warwick vs Kassadin

How to Beat Kassadin as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kassadin as Warwick

based on 2,025 Warwick vs Kassadin matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Kassadin as Warwick resulted from an analysis of 2025 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Warwick is forced to battle against Kassadin in only 1.2% of his games.

Warwick vs Kassadin Matchup Summary

Warwick does a decent job of countering Kassadin. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.7% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Warwick against Kassadin rounds, Warwick’s team is 0.2% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Kassadin.

Best Warwick vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Black CleaverJak'Sho, The ProteanSpear of ShojinTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Warwick to level upw
>
Second ability for Warwick to level upq
>
Last skill for Warwick to max oute

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
14
E
15
E
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R

Guide to Countering Kassadin as Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Kassadin

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick vs Kassadin Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Kassadin Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.5
6.5
< Deaths >
5.9
7.1
< Assists >
6.1
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
58
< Minions Killed >
161
1.42
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.37
8,651
< Physical Damage >
1,740
9,329
< Magic Damage >
19,969
869
< True Damage >
566
18,849
< Damage Dealt >
22,275
39,732
< Damage Taken >
29,337
11,674
< Gold Earned >
11,737
1.53
< Towers >
1.61
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
21,819
< Total Healing >
5,708
13,370
< Experience >
15,010
19
< Vision Score >
15
7
< Wards Placed >
8
287
< Time Dealing CC >
179

How to Counter Kassadin with Warwick in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several significant Warwick vs. Kassadin matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..

Warwick often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kassadin. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Warwick and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Kassadin

Who is Better, Warwick or Kassadin?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Warwick usually wins when facing off against Kassadin, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes a good counter for Kassadin.

While Warwick does have a higher winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Warwick into Kassadin.

Moreover, Warwick has some amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Kassadin matchups, Warwick is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Warwick is a decent counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Kassadin.

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Kassadin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kassadin as Warwick, we analyzed 2,025 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kassadin as Warwick comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Warwick in order 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick typically racks up less CS as Kassadin. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Warwick versus Kassadin build consist of Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Kassadin than with most other common builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average winrate of 51.7% battling Kassadin with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Kassadin as Warwick, you should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Warwick vs Kassadin LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.

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