Brand vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Brand
based on 2,962 Brand vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Kassadin
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Brand against Kassadin counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kassadin..
Brand typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Brand or Kassadin?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Kassadin, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a good counter to Kassadin.
While Brand does have a higher win rate than Kassadin, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Brand into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Brand vs Kassadin matchups, Brand is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Brand is a decent counter to Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Brand to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand often picks up less CS compared to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Brand versus Kassadin build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Kassadin than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 51.2% when countering Kassadin with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Kassadin as Brand, Brand players should equip the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Brand vs Kassadin counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
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