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Kassadin with K'Sante

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How to Synergize Kassadin and K'Sante

based on 865 Kassadin with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Kassadin has gone into battle with K'Sante in 865 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much complete data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Kassadin synergize with K'Sante. It is relatively rare for Kassadin to play alongside K'Sante on the same side. This pairing has only happened in about 1.7% of games with Kassadin.

Kassadin K'Sante Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kassadin has done a poor job of fighting on the same side as K'Sante. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.4% of rounds the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Kassadin when playing with K'Sante by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with them, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kassadin vs K'Sante 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 EmbraceStormsurgeRod of Ages

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya'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
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 Kassadin and K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Kassadin with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Kassadin K'Sante Synergy Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
K'Sante Image
7.9
< Kills >
7.7
5.5
< Deaths >
5.5
5.5
< Assists >
5.7
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
173
< Minions Killed >
170
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,720
< Physical Damage >
1,726
20,907
< Magic Damage >
20,251
584
< True Damage >
582
23,212
< Damage Dealt >
22,560
28,861
< Damage Taken >
29,444
12,076
< Gold Earned >
12,061
1.73
< Towers >
1.69
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,840
< Total Healing >
5,994
15,188
< Experience >
15,396
15
< Vision Score >
16
7
< Wards Placed >
8
188
< Time Dealing CC >
187

How to Play with K'Sante as Kassadin in LoL

The Kassadin K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that K'Sante helps Kassadin perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kassadin is an ally to K'Sante, he observes a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that K'Sante provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played with K'Sante 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 with K'Sante.

Moreover, when Kassadin plays with K'Sante on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that K'Sante does a decent job of protecting Kassadin in team fights.

Synergies between Kassadin and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kassadin
K'Sante

Is Kassadin better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no ideal synergy for Kassadin that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, K'Sante is a very typical companion for Kassadin. By playing on the same side as Kassadin, they lowers their win rate by -0.6% to 49.4%. This shows that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Kassadin and K'Sante that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

K'Sante has a greater difficulty than Kassadin. That means you should be cautious when lining up K'Sante allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing on the same side, Kassadin players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by aligning Kassadin and K'Sante together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your K'Sante ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kassadin and K'Sante, we analyzed 865 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 K'Sante 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 Kassadin in order to synergize with K'Sante during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to use in your Kassadin and K'Sante synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of K'Sante than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 49.4% when playing alongside K'Sante with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating 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. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize K'Sante with Kassadin are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.