Kassadin vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Kassadin
based on 746 Kassadin vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Kassadin vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Kassadin against Jarvan IV counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between these two champs. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jarvan IV..
Kassadin typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jarvan IV. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Jarvan IV?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when trying to fight Jarvan IV, with a 52.7% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Kassadin does have a higher winrate than Jarvan IV, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Kassadin into Jarvan IVas 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 Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Jarvan IV matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kassadin is an above average counter for Jarvan IV. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kassadin against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kassadin in order to counter Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often accumulates much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kassadin versus Jarvan IV build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Jarvan IV than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average winrate of 52.7% battling Jarvan IV with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Jarvan IV as Kassadin, Kassadin players 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Jarvan IV counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.
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