Zyra vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Zyra
based on 2,141 Zyra vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zyra vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Zyra vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Zyra
Tips for Playing as Zyra against Kassadin
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Zyra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Zyra against Kassadin matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zyra normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kassadin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zyra and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Zyra or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zyra usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kassadin, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Zyra makes an ok counter to Kassadin.
While Zyra does have a higher winrate than Kassadin, when facing one another, Zyra also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Zyra into Kassadinas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zyra also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Kassadin matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zyra is a decent counter to Kassadin. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zyra 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zyra usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Kassadin. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Zyra versus Kassadin build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Zyra included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Kassadin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 50.7% battling Kassadin with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Kassadin as Zyra, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Zyra vs Kassadin clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.7% win rate overall.
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