Kassadin vs Draven
How to Beat Draven as Kassadin
based on 1,727 Kassadin vs Draven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Draven Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Draven as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Draven
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 Draven
Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.
Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
Kassadin vs Draven Counter Stats
How to Counter Draven with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Kassadin against Draven counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between these two champions. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Draven..
Kassadin often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Draven. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Draven
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Draven?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when facing off against Draven, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Draven.
While Kassadin does have a lower win rate compared to Draven, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Dravenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter to Draven. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Draven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin in order to counter Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Draven. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Kassadin versus Draven build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Draven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 49.3% battling Draven with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Draven as Kassadin, Kassadin players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Kassadin vs Draven counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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