Yasuo vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Yasuo
based on 3,051 Yasuo vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Kassadin
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Yasuo against Kassadin counter stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kassadin..
Yasuo normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Kassadin?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Kassadin, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes a good counter to Kassadin.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate compared to Kassadin, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Kassadinas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Kassadin matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Kassadin build include Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Kassadin than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 51.3% when countering Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Kassadin as Yasuo, Yasuo players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Yasuo vs Kassadin face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.
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