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Illaoi with Kassadin

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How to Synergize Illaoi and Kassadin

based on 896 Illaoi with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
1.38
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Illaoi has gone into battle with Kassadin in 896 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much great data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Illaoi play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Illaoi to play alongside Kassadin as allies. This has only happened in about 1.3% of matches with Illaoi.

Illaoi Kassadin Synergy Summary

Illaoi does a decent job of teaming up with Kassadin. On average, she wins an acceptable 51.8% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Illaoi when fighting on the same team as Kassadin by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Illaoi vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinSpirit VisageHullbreakerJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
3
E
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E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Kassadin

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Understand How Kassadin Will Play

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

Illaoi Kassadin Synergy Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Kassadin Image
5
< Kills >
5.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
4.4
< Assists >
4.4
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
192
< Minions Killed >
190
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.57
24,624
< Physical Damage >
24,827
809
< Magic Damage >
835
393
< True Damage >
407
25,826
< Damage Dealt >
26,070
35,552
< Damage Taken >
35,928
11,965
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.81
< Towers >
2.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,737
< Total Healing >
8,841
15,305
< Experience >
15,333
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
417
< Time Dealing CC >
432

How to Play with Kassadin as Illaoi in LoL

The Illaoi Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Illaoi sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kassadin helps Illaoi perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Illaoi is an ally to Kassadin, she gets a little drop in her full damage output. This may demonstrate that Kassadin does not support by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played with Kassadin on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kassadin.

Moreover, when Illaoi plays with Kassadin on the same team, she typically takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Kassadin does a decent job of protecting Illaoi in teamfights.

Synergies between Illaoi and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Illaoi
Kassadin

Is Illaoi better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no top champion pairing for Illaoi that will 100% of the time be her best synergy. However, overall, Kassadin is a pretty good teammate for Illaoi. By playing on the same team as Illaoi, he raises their win rate by 2.2% to 51.8%. This clearly indicates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Illaoi and Kassadin that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Kassadin has a much greater difficulty compared to Illaoi. That means you must be very careful when lining up Kassadin teammates to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to work well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Illaoi and Kassadin together, you will not be providing your other teammates much crowd control. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Kassadin ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Illaoi and Kassadin, we analyzed 896 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Illaoi with Kassadin comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to pair well with Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to include in your Illaoi and Kassadin synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Kassadin than with most other common builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kassadin with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Illaoi and Kassadin collaboration tips and stats for a a particular rank, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides shown are computed using all matches with data with both champs.