Maokai vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Maokai
based on 2,153 Maokai vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Kassadin
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack 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.
Maokai vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Maokai in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some important Maokai against Kassadin matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kassadin. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Maokai usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kassadin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Maokai or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when facing off against Kassadin, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter to Kassadin.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Kassadin.
Moreover, Maokai has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Kassadin matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a decent counter to Kassadin. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Kassadin. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Kassadin build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Kassadin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Kassadin with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Kassadin as Maokai, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Maokai vs Kassadin LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
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