Kassadin vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Kassadin
based on 922 Kassadin vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Alistar Counter Build
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Core Kassadin Items
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Alistar
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Kassadin vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Kassadin versus Alistar matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kassadin typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Alistar
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when taking on Alistar, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Kassadin does have a higher winrate than Alistar, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Alistaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Alistar matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kassadin is a decent counter for Alistar. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often gets much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kassadin versus Alistar build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Alistar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 50.3% battling Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Alistar as Kassadin, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Alistar battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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