Xerath vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Xerath
based on 2,098 Xerath vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Kassadin
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several vital Xerath against Kassadin counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Xerath normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Xerath or Kassadin?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually loses when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a poor counter for Kassadin.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Xerath into Kassadinas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a garbage counter for Kassadin. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually gets less CS relative to Kassadin. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Xerath versus Kassadin build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Kassadin than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Kassadin with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Kassadin as Xerath, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Xerath vs Kassadin counters, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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