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Kai'Sa with Kassadin

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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Kassadin

based on 2,048 Kai'Sa with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
44.9 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Kai'Sa has gone into battle with Kassadin in 2048 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we are sure that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Kai'Sa play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Kai'Sa to play alongside Kassadin on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 1.3% of games with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a awful job of synergizing with Kassadin. Usually, she wins a dismal 44.9% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Kai'Sa when fighting on the same team as Kassadin by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
TerminusKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

StormsurgeWit's EndNashor's ToothGuinsoo's Rageblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
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Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Kassadin

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa Kassadin Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
44.9 %
VS
Win Rate
55.1 %
Kassadin Image
7.2
< Kills >
7.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.3
6.2
< Assists >
6.2
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
181
< Minions Killed >
180
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.46
12,015
< Physical Damage >
12,169
7,275
< Magic Damage >
8,110
367
< True Damage >
432
19,657
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
19,730
< Damage Taken >
20,172
12,214
< Gold Earned >
12,522
2
< Towers >
2.1
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,224
< Total Healing >
4,377
12,532
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
44
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Kassadin as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa 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, Kai'Sa sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kassadin helps Kai'Sa perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kai'Sa plays on the same team as Kassadin, she gets a little drop in her complete damage output. This may signal that Kassadin does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played alongside Kassadin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Kassadin. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Kassadin.

Moreover, when Kai'Sa plays with Kassadin on the same side, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Kassadin does a decent job of covering Kai'Sa in teamfights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Kassadin

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no one best synergy for Kai'Sa that will always be her top ally. However, overall, Kassadin is a not very good teammate for Kai'Sa. By locking into the same team as Kai'Sa, he drops their win rate by -1.6% to 44.9%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Kai'Sa and Kassadin that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Kassadin has a greater difficulty than Kai'Sa. That means you must be very careful when finding Kassadin allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.

When playing alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by pairing Kai'Sa and Kassadin together, you will not be granting your other allies enough support. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Kassadin ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Kassadin, we analyzed 2,048 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 Kai'Sa 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to synergize with Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to build first in your Kai'Sa and Kassadin synergy build include Terminus, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Kai'Sa included at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Kassadin than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 44.9% helping carry Kassadin with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Kai'Sa players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Kassadin with Kai'Sa are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.