Bard vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Bard
based on 1,612 Bard vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Kassadin
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some influential Bard versus Kassadin counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kassadin. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Bard or Kassadin?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Kassadin, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes a good counter to Kassadin.
While Bard does have a higher win rate than Kassadin, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Kassadinas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Kassadin matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Bard is a good counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard in order to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Bard versus Kassadin build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Kassadin than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 52.1% battling Kassadin with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Kassadin as Bard, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Bard vs Kassadin clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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