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How to Win Volibear vs Kassadin Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Kassadin

How to Beat Kassadin as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kassadin as Volibear

based on 1,019 Volibear vs Kassadin matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
1.78
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League matches every week. Within our dataset, Volibear faced Kassadin in 1019 games. Including so many games with Volibear versus Kassadin provides us a lot of faith in our capability to produce enlightening statistics and a pro build to wreck Kassadin. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Volibear encounters Kassadin in only 1.3% of his games.

Volibear vs Kassadin Matchup Summary

Volibear does a average job of countering Kassadin. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.3% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Volibear versus Kassadin games, Volibear’s side is 0.2% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Kassadin.

Best Volibear vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRecurve Bow

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Titanic HydraSundered SkySpirit VisageThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
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Second ability for Volibear to level upq
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Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
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W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Kassadin Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Kassadin Image
5.4
< Kills >
7.6
6.3
< Deaths >
5.5
5.8
< Assists >
5.8
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
132
< Minions Killed >
166
0.53
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.35
11,662
< Physical Damage >
1,733
8,256
< Magic Damage >
20,163
683
< True Damage >
559
20,602
< Damage Dealt >
22,456
32,698
< Damage Taken >
29,095
11,562
< Gold Earned >
11,887
2.64
< Towers >
1.64
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,650
< Total Healing >
5,953
14,267
< Experience >
15,188
18
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
605
< Time Dealing CC >
189

How to Counter Kassadin with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several valuable Volibear versus Kassadin counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..

Volibear typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Kassadin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Kassadin

Who is Better, Volibear or Kassadin?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Volibear makes an ok counter for Kassadin.

While Volibear does have a higher win rate than Kassadin, when facing one another, Volibear also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Volibear into Kassadin.

Additionally, Volibear has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Kassadin matchups, Volibear is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Volibear is a decent counter for Kassadin. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against Kassadin.

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Kassadin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kassadin as Volibear, we analyzed 1,019 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 Volibear 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 Volibear 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Volibear versus Kassadin build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Kassadin than with many other common builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Kassadin with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating Kassadin as Volibear, Volibear players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Volibear vs Kassadin counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Volibear x Kassadin tips and builds for a a distinct player tier, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and guides shown are computed using all games with data with both champions.