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How to Synergize Taliyah with Kassadin on the Same TeamTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah with Kassadin

How to Win With Taliyah and Kassadin Paired TogetherTaliyah is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Taliyah and Kassadin

based on 228 Taliyah with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
45.2 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Taliyah has fought alongside Kassadin in 228 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data directly from the publishers of League, we feel confident that we can present to you robust, accurate builds to help Taliyah play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Taliyah to play with Kassadin as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 0.5% of matches with Taliyah.

Taliyah Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah has done a pathetic job of teaming up with Kassadin. Typically, she wins a poor 45.2% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Taliyah when fighting on the same team as Kassadin by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Taliyah vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
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Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Taliyah and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Taliyah with Kassadin

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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.

Taliyah Kassadin Synergy Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
45.2 %
VS
Win Rate
54.8 %
Kassadin Image
5.4
< Kills >
6.1
7.1
< Deaths >
6.5
8.7
< Assists >
8.5
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
51
< Minions Killed >
124
0.99
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.43
750
< Physical Damage >
779
18,174
< Magic Damage >
20,979
1,421
< True Damage >
1,125
20,345
< Damage Dealt >
22,884
23,473
< Damage Taken >
21,412
11,723
< Gold Earned >
12,155
1.34
< Towers >
1.68
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,981
< Total Healing >
4,379
13,244
< Experience >
14,292
26
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
9
630
< Time Dealing CC >
552

How to Play with Kassadin as Taliyah in LoL

The Taliyah Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Taliyah sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kassadin helps Taliyah perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Taliyah tries to synergize with Kassadin, she sees a moderate decrease in her complete damage output. This difference could signal that Kassadin doesn't help protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Taliyah is played with Kassadin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kassadin.

Moreover, when Taliyah plays with Kassadin on the same team, she on average takes more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Kassadin does a poor job of covering Taliyah during team fights.

Synergies between Taliyah and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Taliyah
Kassadin

Is Taliyah better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no top champion pairing for Taliyah that will 100% of the time be her best ally. However, Kassadin is a very bad teammate for Taliyah. By being on the same side as Taliyah, he decreases their win rate by -3.6% to 45.2%. This signals that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Taliyah and Kassadin that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Kassadin has a greater difficulty than Taliyah. That means you must be cautious when arranging Kassadin allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Taliyah players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Taliyah and Kassadin together, you may not be providing your other teammates very much AD. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Kassadin ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Taliyah and Kassadin, we analyzed 228 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 Taliyah with Kassadin 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 Taliyah in order to work well with Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Taliyah and Kassadin synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Kassadin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average winrate of 45.2% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kassadin with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Taliyah players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Kassadin with Taliyah are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.