Naafiri vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Naafiri
based on 631 Naafiri vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Kassadin
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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.
Naafiri vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Naafiri against Kassadin matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Kassadin..
Naafiri often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Kassadin. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when playing against Kassadin, with a 54.7% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a great counter to Kassadin.
While Naafiri does have a much higher winrate than Kassadin, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Naafiri into Kassadin.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Kassadin matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a great counter for Kassadin. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri in order to counter Kassadin during both the laning 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 mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Kassadin. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Naafiri versus Kassadin build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better countering Kassadin than with most other common builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 54.7% when playing against Kassadin with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Kassadin as Naafiri, Naafiri players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Naafiri vs Kassadin face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.7% winrate overall.
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