Kassadin vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Kassadin
based on 494 Kassadin vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Ryze Counter Build
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Core Kassadin Items
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Ryze
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 Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Kassadin vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Kassadin versus Ryze counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ryze’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ryze..
Kassadin normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ryze. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Ryze
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Ryze?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when playing against Ryze, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Ryze.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate than Ryze, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Ryzeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter for Ryze. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Ryze.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Ryze 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often picks up a similar amount of CS as Ryze. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, 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 situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kassadin versus Ryze build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Ryze than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when countering Ryze with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Ryze as Kassadin, you 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. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Ryze counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.
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