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Kassadin with Katarina

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How to Synergize Kassadin and Katarina

based on 71 Kassadin with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
40.8 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Kassadin has been on the same team as Katarina in 71 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much accurate data from the publishers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can provide you with high-quality, accurate builds to help Kassadin play with Katarina. It is very rare for Kassadin to play alongside Katarina as teammates. This has only happened in about 0.1% of rounds with Kassadin.

Kassadin Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kassadin has done a pathetic job of synergizing with Katarina. Normally, he wins a lowly 40.8% of the time the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Kassadin when playing with Katarina by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kassadin vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandCatalyst of Aeons

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceLich BaneMalignance

Optional Items

Rod of Ages

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kassadin to level upe
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Second ability for Kassadin to level upq
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Last skill for Kassadin to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Kassadin's passive ability p
Kassadin's q ability q
Kassadin's w ability w
Kassadin's e ability e
Kassadin's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
3
E
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E
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Katarina

Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Katarina

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

Advice to Understand How Katarina Will Play

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Kassadin Katarina Synergy Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
40.8 %
VS
Win Rate
59.2 %
Katarina Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.7
6.2
< Deaths >
5.5
6
< Assists >
5.7
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
158
< Minions Killed >
170
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,701
< Physical Damage >
1,726
19,991
< Magic Damage >
20,251
642
< True Damage >
582
22,334
< Damage Dealt >
22,560
29,873
< Damage Taken >
29,444
11,944
< Gold Earned >
12,061
1.85
< Towers >
1.69
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,142
< Total Healing >
5,994
15,223
< Experience >
15,396
15
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
216
< Time Dealing CC >
187

How to Play with Katarina as Kassadin in LoL

The Kassadin Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Kassadin sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Katarina. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Katarina helps Kassadin perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kassadin is paired with Katarina, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Katarina does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played with Katarina on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Katarina.

Moreover, when Kassadin plays with Katarina on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Katarina does a poor job of protecting Kassadin in teamfights.

Synergies between Kassadin and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kassadin
Katarina

Is Kassadin better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no top synergy for Kassadin that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, Katarina is a terrible companion for Kassadin. By playing on the same side as Kassadin, she lowers their win rate by -9.2% to 40.8%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Kassadin and Katarina that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Katarina has a lower difficulty than Kassadin. That means Kassadin players don't need to be cautious when finding Katarina allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by bringing Kassadin and Katarina together, you will not be granting your team enough crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Katarina ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kassadin and Katarina, we analyzed 71 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kassadin with Katarina comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Kassadin in order to work well with Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to focus on in your Kassadin and Katarina synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Lich Bane, and Malignance. When Kassadin bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Katarina than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 40.8% helping carry Katarina with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Kassadin players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 40.8% winrate overall.

If you want to get Kassadin with Katarina synergy tips and stats for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and tips and suggestions displayed are calculated using all matches with data with these champions.