Kassadin with Draven
How to Synergize Kassadin and Draven
based on 1,825 Kassadin with Draven pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kassadin Draven Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Draven
Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Draven
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.
Advice to Understand How Draven Will Play
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Kassadin Draven Synergy Stats
How to Play with Draven as Kassadin in LoL
The Kassadin Draven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Draven, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kassadin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Draven. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Draven helps Kassadin perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kassadin plays on the same team as Draven, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This could signal that Draven doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played alongside Draven on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Draven.
Moreover, when Kassadin plays with Draven on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Draven does a decent job of covering Kassadin during teamfights.
Synergies between Kassadin and Draven
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Is Kassadin better when played alongside Draven?
There is no one best synergy for Kassadin that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Draven is a very typical teammate for Kassadin. By playing on the same side as Kassadin, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 50.6%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Kassadin and Draven that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Draven has a lower difficulty than Kassadin. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Draven allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Kassadin players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Kassadin and Draven together, you will not be granting your team enough cover. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Draven teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kassadin to synergize with Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Kassadin and Draven synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Draven than with many other common builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 50.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Draven with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Kassadin and Draven pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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