Xerath with Kassadin
How to Synergize Xerath and Kassadin
based on 1,204 Xerath with Kassadin pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Kassadin Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Kassadin
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Kassadin Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kassadin as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kassadin helps Xerath perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Kassadin, he gets a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This could indicate that Kassadin does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Kassadin 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 Kassadin.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Kassadin on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Kassadin does a poor job of protecting Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Kassadin
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Kassadin?
There is no one best ally for Xerath that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, Kassadin is a very typical ally for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, he lowers their win rate by -0.1% to 50.5%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Kassadin that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kassadin has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be careful when enlisting Kassadin teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Xerath and Kassadin together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of AD. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kassadin ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to pair well with Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Xerath and Kassadin synergy build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Kassadin than with most other common builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kassadin with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Xerath and Kassadin pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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