Alistar vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Alistar
based on 922 Alistar vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Kassadin
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
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.
Alistar vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Alistar in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some influential Alistar vs. Kassadin counter stats that may help you grasp the differences between this pair of champs. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Alistar often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Alistar or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kassadin, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes an ok counter for Kassadin.
While Alistar does have a lower win rate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Kassadinas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Alistar has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter for Kassadin. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Alistar against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Kassadin. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Kassadin build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Kassadin than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Kassadin with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Kassadin as Alistar, Alistar players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Alistar vs Kassadin fights, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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