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Kassadin and the 1001 Counters

Zeyphel·3/18/2018, 7:39:57 PM·2 votes·1,655 views

I will explain this because i am too tired of seeing my favorite champion defeated by everyone. Here below the list of champions which counter Kassadin in mid lane:

  • Cassiopeia

  • Zed

  • Ahri

  • Yasuo

  • Talon

  • Akali

  • Corki

  • Malhazar

  • Morgana

  • Vladimir

  • and all the tanks

Here below the champions that Kassadin counters:

  • Katarina

This is the last day that i am playing Kassadin before Riot Games fixes this champions instead i will just play the popular high win rate mid champion which everyone knows, not because I want but because i am obligated to. He is sometimes called the Nasus of the mid lane, that is a lie because the damage and takiness that Nasus has in Late Game is totally different compared to Kassadin. Kassadin needs to be balanced with a rework which adds difficulty to the champ but also outplay potential and make him stronger in mid game.

If anyone disagrees with the champions that counter Kassadin, I can explain the why and the how. Just put them below. I have been playing Kassadin as an OTP since 2 years and a half ago.

42 Comments

Enderspider3/18/2018, 10:20:49 PM2 votes

I'd say apart from yasuo and maybe corki you should be able to beat them though. Cassio: you can block a great bunch of her damage with your Q and you can jump over her W without being affected by it. Talon: play safe early and if you get any armor at all you should outscale him easily Zed: just get a zhonya and you can beat him Ahri: make sure you dodge her E's and her Q every now and then. She won't be able to all-in you if she misses her e cause you block most of her damage with your q and passive, additionally you have about the same number of jumps as her Akali: akali should be pretty easy to beat tbh, just block her Q and auto damage with your Q. She can't even kill you in one combo because of your passive. Corki: Adc's midlane are pretty tough for kass, but corki's great deal of magic damage should make him a bit easier than the rest, as long as you don't get too greedy Malz: shouldn't be too hard, just get a banshee or a QSS if you really struggle against him Morgana: as long as you dodge her Q you should be fine. Vlad: you can just block all of his Q damage if you make sure to use your Q on him or a minion whenever he tries to Q you. late game you outscale his healing with your damage easily.

TLDR: just git gud and these matchups are easier than they might seem at first

SomeStars3/18/2018, 9:30:52 PM1 votes

kass doesn't even counter kat anywhere as much as he used to after the minion aggro update. as much as i feel sad for you friend

god it feels good finally being able to trade Q's with him early

ReySolomon3/18/2018, 11:16:35 PM1 votes

I've had great laning phase against akali/cass/kat It's just he's weak early but he can outduel these two just depends how you play.

But tbh the only person who makes him look good (whos gotten a pentakill recently) is Shiphtur.

Talon/zed you should take boneplating + armor or second wind everytime I get matched with these I wait til lvl 8 that's when kassadin starts outscaling them (That's if your team hasn't given them 2-3 kills zz) I do think he needs a little buff for mid game so he can be a great pick.

thinking man3/20/2018, 1:41:16 PM1 votes

most of those champs are a problem since you outscale them and can just avoid fighting them, only real problem is getting shoved in with kass

i don't really think kat is something he counters anymore, he doesn't really die to her but he can't faceroll his all-ins the same way he could before the kat changes

Trashball3/20/2018, 7:49:06 PM1 votes

Don't forget Brand. I've run into a few Kassadins recently on him and it was not pretty. EDIT: (it didn't end well for the Kassadins, if that wasn't clear)

Poske3/22/2018, 3:38:05 PM1 votes

Kassadin needs to be balanced with a rework which adds difficulty to the champ but also outplay potential and make him stronger in mid game.

I agree with this

Kassadin however curently is far from weak tho

BroLane3/18/2018, 8:57:04 PM1 votes

His win-rate is <48%. Learn a new character until he gets strong. That is the cycle of the meta.

Ahri Baka3/23/2018, 12:59:37 AM1 votes

You only mention few champions Ahri isn't bad or isn't good against him Akali is good vs everything Cass , Malzahar and Vlad are winning against most of mid laners too , not only Kass meanwhile kass is almost good against all mages ? except the ones above

He isn't bad at all