Heimerdinger vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Heimerdinger
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Heimerdinger vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Kassadin
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Heimerdinger against Kassadin counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Heimerdinger often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kassadin, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Kassadin.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Kassadinas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Kassadin build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Kassadin than with most other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Kassadin as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Heimerdinger vs Kassadin matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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