Kalista vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Kalista
based on 460 Kalista vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Kassadin
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Kalista in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Kalista against Kassadin matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin..
Kalista normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Kalista or Kassadin?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Kalista makes a bad counter to Kassadin.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when facing one another, Kalista also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Kassadinas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista also has only a small 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, 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 surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kalista versus Kassadin build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Kassadin than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Kassadin as Kalista, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kalista vs Kassadin counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
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