Lucian vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Lucian
based on 5,691 Lucian vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Kassadin
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Advice to Win Against Kassadin
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Lucian vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several significant Lucian versus Kassadin counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Lucian typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Lucian or Kassadin?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a bad counter to Kassadin.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate compared to Kassadin, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Lucian has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. 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 Lucian vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kassadin. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Lucian versus Kassadin build consist of Galeforce, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Lucian combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Kassadin than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 48.7% battling Kassadin with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Kassadin as Lucian, Lucian players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lucian vs Kassadin counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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