How to play Kassadin vs a fed team

SF Gangplank·Apr 16, 2019·2 votes·1,443 views

So i've been playing Kassadin for several months now and every time I have a feeding botlane I just lose. I admit, I do some mistakes sometimes too but I find it too hard to carry with him, even if I go splitpushing the enemy team does 4v5 easily, my teammates keep dying a lot and our nexus turrets get reached before I even take an inner turret. Most of the games I can't start snowballing too much, cause even if I'm even in my lane if I try to roam my allies die before I even get there. Usually at 20min I'm something like 2/1/1 with 2 finished items and boots. Any advice?

4 Comments

letsfeedtogetherApr 16, 20191 votes

ff 15 (JOKING)

you cant really do much maybe look for picks but you're not strong until later

y0r1ckApr 16, 20191 votes

I'm only plat, so take this as guidelines and not rules.

The first thing I thought after looking at your op.gg is that your cs is holding you back. Man, if you manage to go 2/1/1 at 20 minutes with just 3.5 cpm, imagine how much better you'll be doing if you get just one more Cs Per Minute. By 20 minutes that's going to add up, especially on a champion like Kassadin.

Next tip I can give you is related to your bot lane issues. If you keep track of the enemy red and blue buffs, you can usually predict where the jungler will gank. For example, if a junglers bot side buff is up you can tell your bot that the jungler is likely to be in the area. This won't help so much in bronze because junglers suck and they're not consistent, but when you get to higher elos keeping track of buffs is a small part of a big deal.

Bot laners are just as stubborn as everyone else though, so don't expect telling them to work in bronze. You'll probably have to be there yourself to bail them out.

So my advice boils down to cs better, predict enemy map movements, and find a way to act on that proactively. It'll be enough to get you out of bronze and a good way through silver.

Crispy0SnakeApr 16, 20191 votes

Kassadin normally takes fleet footwork and a lot of sustain runes and first buys corrupting pot. You only really ever go Grasp vs Melee opponents. I don't think Dark Seal + Refil is that good as you don't get the burn damage or the mana, and selling the Dark Seal gives you very little back. It pretty much means you have to intend to buy Mejai for your start to be better, which isn't a good idea

Someone said CS better which is true, if you earn more gold then you get more items etc. This is probably bc everyone comes to your lane level 12. It's good to pressure a sidelane as Kass, but be sure to regroup when it's pushed

Another thing is to play around vision, this goes all the way up the ranks, "wow Kassadin was in that bush holy f***" happens all the way up to challenger

y0r1ckApr 16, 20191 votes

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Kassadin normally takes fleet footwork and a lot of sustain runes and first buys corrupting pot. You only really ever go Grasp vs Melee opponents. I don't think Dark Seal + Refil is that good as you don't get the burn damage or the mana, and selling the Dark Seal gives you very little back. It pretty much means you have to intend to buy Mejai for your start to be better, which isn't a good idea

Someone said CS better which is true, if you earn more gold then you get more items etc. This is probably bc everyone comes to your lane level 12. It's good to pressure a sidelane as Kass, but be sure to regroup when it's pushed

Another thing is to play around vision, this goes all the way up the ranks, "wow Kassadin was in that bush holy f***" happens all the way up to challenger

Might as well add that a good time to hide in a bush is after you push a side lane in, since you might be able to pick off the person that comes to clear it.