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How to Win Taliyah vs Kassadin Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Kassadin

How to Beat Kassadin as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kassadin as Taliyah

based on 600 Taliyah vs Kassadin matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games every week. Within our database, Taliyah faced off against Kassadin in 600 rounds. Having so many matchups for Taliyah versus Kassadin provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce enlightening data and a pro build to defeat your enemy. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Taliyah is forced to battle against Kassadin in only 1.4% of her rounds.

Taliyah vs Kassadin Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah does a poor job of countering Kassadin. On average, she wins a lowly 47.3% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Taliyah versus Kassadin rounds, Taliyah’s team is 0.2% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Kassadin.

Best Taliyah vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Kassadin

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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.

Taliyah vs Kassadin Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Kassadin Image
5.8
< Kills >
8.5
6.4
< Deaths >
5.3
8.5
< Assists >
5.7
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
119
< Minions Killed >
176
0.6
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,026
< Physical Damage >
1,680
20,504
< Magic Damage >
21,334
1,178
< True Damage >
567
22,709
< Damage Dealt >
23,581
21,225
< Damage Taken >
29,593
12,001
< Gold Earned >
12,468
1.74
< Towers >
1.79
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,359
< Total Healing >
6,090
13,989
< Experience >
15,754
23
< Vision Score >
16
9
< Wards Placed >
7
557
< Time Dealing CC >
177

How to Counter Kassadin with Taliyah in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Taliyah vs. Kassadin matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the two. Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kassadin..

Taliyah typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Kassadin. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Kassadin

Who is Better, Taliyah or Kassadin?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually loses when playing against Kassadin, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Taliyah makes a poor counter for Kassadin.

While Taliyah does have a lower win rate compared to Kassadin, when facing one another, Taliyah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Taliyah into Kassadin.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Taliyah is a trash counter for Kassadin. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taliyah against Kassadin.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Kassadin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kassadin as Taliyah, we analyzed 600 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 Taliyah 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taliyah to counter Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Taliyah versus Kassadin build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Kassadin than with many other common item sets. In fact, Taliyah had an average win rate of 47.3% when countering Kassadin with this build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Kassadin as Taliyah, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Taliyah vs Kassadin face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.3% win rate overall.

If you need to see Taliyah versus Kassadin tips and counter stats for a a distinct division, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and guides shown are computed using all rounds played with these champs.