Hecarim vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Hecarim
based on 1,373 Hecarim vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Kassadin
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Hecarim vs. Kassadin matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin..
Hecarim typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Kassadin?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kassadin, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Hecarim makes an ok counter to Kassadin.
While Hecarim does have a higher winrate than Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Hecarim into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Hecarim also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Kassadin matchups, Hecarim is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Hecarim is a decent counter to Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Hecarim against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim most often gets a lot less CS relative to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Hecarim versus Kassadin build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin. When Hecarim included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Kassadin than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Kassadin with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Kassadin as Hecarim, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Hecarim vs Kassadin fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kassadin as Hecarim are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.