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Olaf with Kassadin

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How to Synergize Olaf and Kassadin

based on 479 Olaf with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
1.7
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Olaf has fought alongside Kassadin in 479 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data straight from the publishers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Olaf play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Olaf to play alongside Kassadin on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approx. 1.4% of rounds with Olaf.

Olaf Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Olaf does a terrible job of teaming up with Kassadin. Typically, he wins a poor 46.3% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Olaf when playing with Kassadin by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Olaf vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Olaf Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageExperimental HexplateRavenous Hydra

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingDeath's DanceTrinity ForceStridebreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Olaf's passive ability p
Olaf's q ability q
Olaf's w ability w
Olaf's e ability e
Olaf's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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E
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R
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Olaf with Kassadin

Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.

The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.

Advice to Understand How Kassadin Will Play

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.

Olaf Kassadin Synergy Stats

Olaf Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
Kassadin Image
6.5
< Kills >
6.6
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
4.9
< Assists >
4.8
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
164
< Minions Killed >
155
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.28
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.52
16,090
< Physical Damage >
16,002
131
< Magic Damage >
137
6,197
< True Damage >
6,049
22,418
< Damage Dealt >
22,189
31,253
< Damage Taken >
31,211
12,365
< Gold Earned >
12,139
2.58
< Towers >
2.5
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
14,648
< Total Healing >
14,541
14,835
< Experience >
14,661
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
342
< Time Dealing CC >
340

How to Play with Kassadin as Olaf in LoL

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

Overall, Olaf sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kassadin helps Olaf perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Olaf is paired with Kassadin, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This could signal that Kassadin supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played with Kassadin on the same side, 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 Kassadin.

Additionally, when Olaf plays with Kassadin on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Kassadin does a poor job of protecting Olaf in team fights.

Synergies between Olaf and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Olaf
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Olaf
Kassadin

Is Olaf better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Olaf that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Kassadin is a below average teammate for Olaf. By playing on the same side as Olaf, he decreases their win rate by -2.7% to 46.3%. This signals that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Olaf and Kassadin that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Kassadin has a much greater difficulty compared to Olaf. That means Olaf players need to be careful when lining up Kassadin teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing on the same side, Olaf players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Olaf and Kassadin together, you may not be providing your team enough support. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Kassadin teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Olaf Players

How We Calculated Our Olaf Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Olaf and Kassadin, we analyzed 479 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 Olaf with Kassadin 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

If you would like to truly master Olaf to synergize with Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to focus on in your Olaf and Kassadin synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Ravenous Hydra. When Olaf combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Kassadin than with many other typical builds. In fact, Olaf boasted an average winrate of 46.3% when playing alongside Kassadin with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Kassadin with Olaf are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.