Kassadin vs Orianna
How to Beat Orianna as Kassadin
based on 649 Kassadin vs Orianna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Orianna Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Orianna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Orianna
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 Orianna
Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.
Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.
Kassadin vs Orianna Counter Stats
How to Counter Orianna with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Kassadin vs. Orianna counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Orianna’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Orianna..
Kassadin typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Orianna. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Orianna
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Orianna?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when taking on Orianna, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes a great counter for Orianna.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate compared to Orianna, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kassadin into Oriannaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Orianna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Orianna matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kassadin is a great counter for Orianna. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Orianna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kassadin in order to counter Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Orianna. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kassadin versus Orianna build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Orianna than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 53.8% when playing against Orianna with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Orianna as Kassadin, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Kassadin vs Orianna battles, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Orianna as Kassadin are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.