Kassadin vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Kassadin
based on 2,158 Kassadin vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Kassadin vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some strategic Kassadin versus Varus matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Kassadin often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Varus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when facing off against Varus, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Kassadin does have a lower win rate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Varusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter to Varus. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kassadin versus Varus build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Varus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Varus with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Varus as Kassadin, you should take 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 combinations players used for Kassadin vs Varus counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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