Lucian vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Lucian
based on 3,411 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
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Advice to Win Against Kassadin
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.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
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 stat comparisons provided here highlight several influential Lucian against Kassadin counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between the two. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kassadin..
Lucian typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Lucian or Kassadin?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a poor counter for Kassadin.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate than Kassadin, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lucian into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. 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 a single best champion for every situation 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 late stage team fights.
Lucian is a bad counter for Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master 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 pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Kassadin. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Lucian versus Kassadin build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Kassadin than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 48.0% battling Kassadin with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Kassadin as Lucian, Lucian players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lucian vs Kassadin fights, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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