Rek'Sai with Kassadin
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Kassadin
based on 311 Rek'Sai with Kassadin pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rek'Sai Kassadin Synergy Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Core Rek'Sai Items
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Kassadin
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Advice to Understand How Kassadin Will Play
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.
Rek'Sai Kassadin Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kassadin as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kassadin helps Rek'Sai perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rek'Sai is paired with Kassadin, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change could signal that Kassadin does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played alongside Kassadin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kassadin.
Moreover, when Rek'Sai plays with Kassadin on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Kassadin does a decent job of protecting Rek'Sai in teamfights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Kassadin
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Kassadin?
There is no top champion pairing for Rek'Sai that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Kassadin is a very typical ally for Rek'Sai. By being on the same side as Rek'Sai, he decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 47.9%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Rek'Sai and Kassadin that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Kassadin has a much greater difficulty compared to Rek'Sai. That means Rek'Sai players should be cautious when finding Kassadin teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Rek'Sai and Kassadin together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Kassadin ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to work well with Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Rek'Sai and Kassadin synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Kassadin than with most other typical builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kassadin with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Rek'Sai players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rek'Sai and Kassadin pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.
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