Graves vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Graves
based on 2,374 Graves vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Kassadin
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some vital Graves vs. Kassadin matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin..
Graves typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Graves or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when playing against Kassadin, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter for Kassadin.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Graves also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Kassadin matchups, Graves is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Graves is a decent counter to Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves in order to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Graves versus Kassadin build include Black Cleaver, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Kassadin than with most other common builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 51.6% battling Kassadin with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Kassadin as Graves, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Graves vs Kassadin counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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