Kassadin vs Viego
How to Beat Viego as Kassadin
based on 1,956 Kassadin vs Viego matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Viego Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Viego Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viego as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Viego
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.
Kassadin vs Viego Counter Stats
How to Counter Viego with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important Kassadin vs. Viego counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viego’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Viego..
Kassadin often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Viego. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Viego
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Viego?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when taking on Viego, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes an ok counter to Viego.
While Kassadin does have a lower winrate compared to Viego, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Viegoas his relative depth means 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 Viego. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Viego matchups, Viego 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 late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a somewhat poor counter to Viego. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Viego.
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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 Viego during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin typically gets much more CS relative to Viego. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kassadin versus Viego build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Viego than with many other common builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Viego with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Viego 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 combinations that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Viego battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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