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Kassadin with Gragas

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How to Synergize Kassadin and Gragas

based on 597 Kassadin with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Kassadin has fought alongside Gragas in 597 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data from the creators of League, we are completely sure that we can present to you high-quality, insightful builds to help Kassadin synergize with Gragas. It is very rare for Kassadin to play alongside Gragas on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.2% of matches with Kassadin.

Kassadin Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kassadin has done a poor job of synergizing with Gragas. Usually, he wins a poor 48.2% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Kassadin when playing with Gragas by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kassadin vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandRuby Crystal

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapRod of Ages

Optional Items

StormsurgeZhonya's HourglassMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kassadin to level upe
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Second ability for Kassadin to level upw
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Last skill for Kassadin to max outq

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Kassadin's passive ability p
Kassadin's q ability q
Kassadin's w ability w
Kassadin's e ability e
Kassadin's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Gragas

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 Gragas Will Play

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

Kassadin Gragas Synergy Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Gragas Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.7
5.4
< Deaths >
5.5
6
< Assists >
5.7
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
168
< Minions Killed >
170
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,781
< Physical Damage >
1,726
19,129
< Magic Damage >
20,251
552
< True Damage >
582
21,462
< Damage Dealt >
22,560
28,859
< Damage Taken >
29,444
11,827
< Gold Earned >
12,061
1.69
< Towers >
1.69
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,789
< Total Healing >
5,994
15,075
< Experience >
15,396
15
< Vision Score >
16
7
< Wards Placed >
8
203
< Time Dealing CC >
187

How to Play with Gragas as Kassadin in LoL

The Kassadin Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gragas helps Kassadin perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kassadin is paired with Gragas, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Gragas does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played with Gragas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gragas.

Additionally, when Kassadin plays with Gragas on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Gragas does a decent job of covering Kassadin during team fights.

Synergies between Kassadin and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kassadin
Gragas

Is Kassadin better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Kassadin that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Gragas is a relatively poor teammate for Kassadin. By locking into the same team as Kassadin, he drops their win rate by -1.8% to 48.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Kassadin and Gragas that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Gragas has a much lower diffuclty than Kassadin. That means Kassadin players don't need to be very careful when arranging Gragas teammates to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Kassadin players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by aligning Kassadin and Gragas together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough attack damage. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Gragas ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kassadin and Gragas, we analyzed 597 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 Kassadin with Gragas 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 truly master Kassadin in order to work well with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to get in your Kassadin and Gragas synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Gragas than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing alongside Gragas with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.

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