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How to Synergize Volibear with Kassadin on the Same TeamVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear with Kassadin

How to Win With Volibear and Kassadin Paired TogetherVolibear is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Volibear and Kassadin

based on 954 Volibear with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
1.69
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Volibear has fought alongside Kassadin in 954 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much accurate data from the publishers of LoL, we feel confident that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Volibear synergize with Kassadin. It is very rare for Volibear to play alongside Kassadin on the same team. This has only occurred in about 1.2% of matches with Volibear.

Volibear Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear does a poor job of synergizing with Kassadin. Typically, he wins a dismal 47.5% of the time the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Volibear when playing alongside Kassadin by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Volibear vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Frozen HeartThornmailSpirit VisageSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
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Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Volibear and Kassadin

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.

Volibear Kassadin Synergy Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Kassadin Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.5
6.4
< Deaths >
6.6
5.7
< Assists >
5.6
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.25
132
< Minions Killed >
130
0.44
< Dragons Killed >
0.51
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.52
10,372
< Physical Damage >
10,829
7,702
< Magic Damage >
8,228
622
< True Damage >
673
18,698
< Damage Dealt >
19,732
32,116
< Damage Taken >
33,093
11,299
< Gold Earned >
11,573
2.33
< Towers >
2.5
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
8,251
< Total Healing >
8,449
14,072
< Experience >
14,216
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
586
< Time Dealing CC >
548

How to Play with Kassadin as Volibear in LoL

The Volibear 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, Volibear 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 worsening shows that Kassadin helps Volibear perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Volibear tries to synergize with Kassadin, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Kassadin does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Volibear is played alongside Kassadin 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 Kassadin.

Additionally, when Volibear plays with Kassadin on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Kassadin does a decent job of covering Volibear in teamfights.

Synergies between Volibear and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Volibear
Kassadin

Is Volibear better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Volibear that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Kassadin is a very typical ally for Volibear. By playing on the same side as Volibear, he decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 47.5%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Volibear and Kassadin that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Kassadin has a much greater difficulty compared to Volibear. That means you should be cautious when lining up Kassadin allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Volibear and Kassadin together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a lot of crowd control. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Kassadin ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Volibear and Kassadin, we analyzed 954 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 Volibear 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 Volibear in order to synergize with Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to build first in your Volibear and Kassadin synergy build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Kassadin than with most other typical builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 47.5% helping carry Kassadin with this build.

To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Volibear and Kassadin pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.

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