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Kassadin with Illaoi

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How to Synergize Kassadin and Illaoi

based on 896 Kassadin with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Kassadin has gone into battle with Illaoi in 896 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much accurate data from the creators of League, we are totally sure that we can give you high-quality, accurate builds to help Kassadin synergize with Illaoi. It is relatively rare for Kassadin to play alongside Illaoi on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.7% of games with Kassadin.

Kassadin Illaoi Synergy Summary

Kassadin does a decent job of fighting on the same side as Illaoi. Typically, he wins an acceptable 51.8% of games the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Kassadin when playing with Illaoi by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kassadin vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandTear of the Goddess

Core Kassadin Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceMalignanceRod of Ages

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's CompanionZhonya's Hourglass

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
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Illaoi

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 Illaoi Will Play

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.

Kassadin Illaoi Synergy Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
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7.8
< Kills >
7.7
5.8
< Deaths >
5.5
5.4
< Assists >
5.7
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
167
< Minions Killed >
170
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,691
< Physical Damage >
1,726
20,393
< Magic Damage >
20,251
598
< True Damage >
582
22,682
< Damage Dealt >
22,560
29,845
< Damage Taken >
29,444
12,079
< Gold Earned >
12,061
1.65
< Towers >
1.69
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,973
< Total Healing >
5,994
15,379
< Experience >
15,396
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
179
< Time Dealing CC >
187

How to Play with Illaoi as Kassadin in LoL

The Kassadin Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 Illaoi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Illaoi helps Kassadin perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kassadin tries to synergize with Illaoi, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Illaoi supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played alongside Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Illaoi.

Moreover, when Kassadin plays with Illaoi on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Illaoi does a poor job of covering Kassadin in team fights.

Synergies between Kassadin and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kassadin
Illaoi

Is Kassadin better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no perfect companion for Kassadin that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, Illaoi is a pretty good companion for Kassadin. By locking into the same side as Kassadin, she increases their win rate by 1.8% to 51.8%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good bond between Kassadin and Illaoi that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Illaoi has a much lower diffuclty than Kassadin. That means Kassadin players don't need to be cautious when finding Illaoi teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Working cooperatively, Kassadin players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by aligning Kassadin and Illaoi together, you may not be providing your team a lot of crowd control. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their potential.

Regardless of your Illaoi ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kassadin and Illaoi, 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 Kassadin with Illaoi 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 truly master Kassadin in order to synergize with Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to have in your Kassadin and Illaoi synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Illaoi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing alongside Illaoi with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip 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 sets that we analyzed for Kassadin and Illaoi pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.

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