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Kassadin with Samira

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How to Synergize Kassadin and Samira

based on 2,348 Kassadin with Samira pairs
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.45
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Kassadin has fought alongside Samira in 2348 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data straight from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Kassadin synergize with Samira. It is somewhat uncommon for Kassadin to play with Samira on the same side. This has only occurred in about 4.5% of games with Kassadin.

Kassadin Samira Synergy Summary

Kassadin does a ok job of playing alongside Samira. Normally, he wins an acceptable 49.8% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Kassadin when playing with Samira by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kassadin vs Samira 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 EmbraceMalignanceStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneZhonya's HourglassRabadon's DeathcapVoid Staff

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 upq
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Last skill for Kassadin to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Samira

Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Samira

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.

Kassadin Samira Synergy Stats

Kassadin Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
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7.3
< Kills >
7.7
5.3
< Deaths >
5.5
5.7
< Assists >
5.7
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
169
< Minions Killed >
170
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,665
< Physical Damage >
1,726
19,430
< Magic Damage >
20,251
582
< True Damage >
582
21,678
< Damage Dealt >
22,560
28,358
< Damage Taken >
29,444
11,845
< Gold Earned >
12,061
1.76
< Towers >
1.69
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,786
< Total Healing >
5,994
15,202
< Experience >
15,396
15
< Vision Score >
16
7
< Wards Placed >
8
183
< Time Dealing CC >
187

How to Play with Samira as Kassadin in LoL

The Kassadin Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, 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 Samira. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Samira helps Kassadin perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kassadin is an ally to Samira, he gets a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Samira doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played alongside Samira on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Samira.

Moreover, when Kassadin plays with Samira 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 Samira does a decent job of covering Kassadin during team fights.

Synergies between Kassadin and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Kassadin
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kassadin
Samira

Is Kassadin better when played alongside Samira?

There is no top ally for Kassadin that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, Samira is a very typical teammate for Kassadin. By locking into the same team as Kassadin, she decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 49.8%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Kassadin and Samira that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Samira has a lower difficulty than Kassadin. That means Kassadin players don't need to be cautious when lining up Samira teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by bringing Kassadin and Samira together, you probably will not be providing your other allies enough utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Samira ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kassadin Players

How We Calculated Our Kassadin Samira Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kassadin and Samira, we analyzed 2,348 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 Samira 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 Kassadin in order to synergize with Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to focus on in your Kassadin and Samira synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Kassadin combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Samira than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average winrate of 49.8% helping carry Samira with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating 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 builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.

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