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How to Win Nilah vs Kassadin Counter MatchupNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah vs Kassadin

How to Beat Kassadin as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kassadin as Nilah

based on 772 Nilah vs Kassadin matchups
Win Rate
55.6 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our dataset, Nilah did battle with Kassadin 772 times. Including so many matchups for Nilah vs Kassadin provides us confidence in our capability to provide useful stats and a solid build to defeat Kassadin. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Nilah fights Kassadin in only 1.3% of their rounds.

Nilah vs Kassadin Matchup Summary

Nilah has done a great job of countering Kassadin. Normally, they wins a whopping 55.6% of games the champions fight each other in. In Nilah versus Kassadin rounds, Nilah’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that they probably will be able to get first blood against Kassadin.

Best Nilah vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowBloodthirsterStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
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Second ability for Nilah to level upe
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Nilah

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.

Nilah vs Kassadin Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
55.6 %
VS
Win Rate
44.4 %
Kassadin Image
8
< Kills >
7
6.4
< Deaths >
5.4
6.2
< Assists >
5.9
1.83
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
172
< Minions Killed >
169
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.36
19,893
< Physical Damage >
1,630
196
< Magic Damage >
19,200
422
< True Damage >
542
20,511
< Damage Dealt >
21,372
23,797
< Damage Taken >
28,568
12,766
< Gold Earned >
11,643
2.78
< Towers >
1.56
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,774
< Total Healing >
5,853
13,343
< Experience >
15,206
17
< Vision Score >
15
9
< Wards Placed >
7
88
< Time Dealing CC >
190

How to Counter Kassadin with Nilah in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some vital Nilah versus Kassadin matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin..

Nilah often has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nilah and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
Kassadin

Who is Better, Nilah or Kassadin?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when facing off against Kassadin, with a 55.6% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a fantastic counter for Kassadin.

While Nilah does have a much higher win rate than Kassadin, when facing one another, Nilah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more difficult champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Kassadinas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Nilah also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Kassadin matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Nilah is a great counter to Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Kassadin.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah vs Kassadin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kassadin as Nilah, we analyzed 772 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kassadin as Nilah comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nilah to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Kassadin. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Nilah versus Kassadin build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better versus Kassadin than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 55.6% when countering Kassadin with these items in their kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Kassadin as Nilah, Nilah players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Nilah vs Kassadin fights, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.6% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Nilah vs Kassadin tips and counter stats for a a specific rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all matches run with both champions.