Mid · 208 games · NA

Kassadin

Mid · 94% of games

Strongest when games end at 30–35 minutes (57%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−688 gold).

Win rate: 44.2%; ±6.7 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: D; #66 of 70
Pick rate: 3.4%; ban 3.5%
Games: 208; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Kassadin mid wins 44.2% of 208 ranked games in NA, rank 66 of 70 mid champions (tier D). Most players finish Rod of Ages first, at about 11:36.

The build at a glance

What most Kassadin players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Rod of Ages 11:30 · 51% · 105 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 13:36 · 57% of games

Item 2

Archangel's Staff 19:06 · 57% · 52 games

Item 3

Malignance 24:26 · 83% · 30 games

Item 4 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 26:24 · 20 of 70 games

Item 5 · late game

Void Staff 32:36 · 7 of 26 games

Runes

First Strike · Inspiration + Domination 23% of games · 46% wins All runes →

Start

Dark Seal + Refillable Potion 49% of games · 44% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 72% of games · 45% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Force Pulse first 62% of games · 41% wins Skill orders →

When Kassadin wins

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′39% wins31% of games · 64

Lasts 25′ or more48% wins67% of games · 139

Lanes

Watch out for Locke, Yone

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Kassadin games

First Baron: 76% against 29%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 29% 76% +48

First tower 33% 64% +31

First dragon 35% 57% +22

First blood 35% 55% +21

Rift Herald 39% 53% +13

First Voidgrubs 42% 47% +6

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Kassadin plays

Fewer control wards, more multikills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer control wards a game0.23 against 0.64 · −64%

More multikills a game1.05 against 0.77 · +36%

Fewer assists a game5.4 against 6.2 · −13%

Less vision a minute0.63 against 0.71 · −11%

About average: damage to towers, deaths, gold, share of team damage, kill participation, damage, time spent dead.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:24

Item 2done ~18:42

Item 3done ~23:42

Item 4done ~28:00

Item 5done ~31:00

Most common full builds

Malignance › Sorcerer's Shoes › Archangel's Staff › Zhonya's Hourglass 54.5%22 games

Rod of Ages › Sorcerer's Shoes › Archangel's Staff › Malignance 31.6%19 games

Malignance › Sorcerer's Shoes › Archangel's Staff › Zhonya's Hourglass › Rabadon's Deathcap 44.4%9 games

Rod of Ages › Plated Steelcaps › Manamune › Malignance 77.8%9 games

Rod of Ages › Mercury's Treads › Manamune › Archangel's Staff 44.4%9 games

Rod of Ages › Sorcerer's Shoes › Archangel's Staff › Malignance › Zhonya's Hourglass 37.5%8 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Frozen Heart 60%5

Archangel's Staff 45%56

Zhonya's Hourglass 41%22

Malignance 36%22

Manamune 31%13

Rabadon's Deathcap 27%11

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Dark Seal + Refillable Potion43.6%101

Doran's Helm + Health Potion46.5%43

Doran's Shield + Health Potion48.6%37

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:3644.9%118

Mercury's Treads ~13:3043.6%39

Plated Steelcaps ~13:3045.9%37

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport45.0%149

Flash + Ignite42.6%54

Flash + Barrier40.0%5

Skills

Max

Q41.1%129

Max

W51.1%47

Start

E40.5%121

Start

Q43.2%37

Hard lanes

Watch out for Locke, Yone

Easy lanes

Good into Syndra, Viktor

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 4 of 4, still wins 2 of them

Expected: what Kassadin's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (24)

Yasuo 22% · 9

Ekko 0% · 7

Sylas 33% · 6

Akali 50% · 6

Anivia 33% · 6

LeBlanc 40% · 5

Annie 60% · 5

Jayce 40% · 5

Irelia 60% · 5

Orianna 50% · 4

Ahri 25% · 4

Lucian 25% · 4

Vladimir 0% · 4

Aurora 50% · 4

Azir 75% · 4

Qiyana 50% · 4

Xerath 75% · 4

Veigar 100% · 3

Lux 67% · 3

Galio 67% · 3

Kayle 33% · 3

Katarina 33% · 3

Fizz 33% · 3

Aurelion Sol 100% · 3

Kassadin vs Yone · 18 games · Early read

Kassadin does worse than expected here

39%winsexpected 43%

−1173gold at 15′average −688

−5.9minions at 10′ahead or behind

11%in on first bloodsolo kills −3.11 a game

Gold lead against Yone Kassadin's average lead

Against Yone, Kassadin is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 71% of games, and still wins 17% of those. When ahead, Kassadin wins 100%.

Ahead at 15′100% wins5 games

Behind at 15′17% wins12 games

Full Kassadin vs Yone page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier

Yunara56% · exp. 43% +1316 games

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier

Lulu60% · exp. 48% +1215 games

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Before 14 minutes Kassadin dies 2.2 times a game (average 2.2). 44% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 49% for the average mid laner. 37% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.2deaths per game before 14′about average (2.2)

44%involve the enemy junglerless than average (49%)

63%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (66%)

60%with no teammate nearabout average (61%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Kassadin dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 34% in your half of mid. Collapses: 31% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 71% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Kassadin

Kind of death

Kassadin Average

Gank 44% (avg 49%)Collapse 19% (avg 18%)1-v-1 37% (avg 34%)

Who gets the kill

Kassadin Average

Bot laner 6% (avg 7%)Jungler 25% (avg 27%)Support 9% (avg 7%)Mid laner 55% (avg 54%)Top laner 4% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 7:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Kassadin Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 7:00 and 9:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Kassadin; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Kassadin wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 2.2 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.3 in your half of mid. Overall 1.0 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.3 K/D 61 / 221

Their half of mid 1.8 K/D 115 / 64

Your jungle 0.7 K/D 30 / 46

The bot-side river 1.2 K/D 41 / 34

Their half of bot lane 2.2 K/D 49 / 22

Their jungle 1.7 K/D 42 / 25

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Kassadin wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 27% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 29%). The team wins 72% when Kassadin is there and 64% when not.

Kassadin

What most Kassadin players run

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Watch out for Locke, Yone

First Baron: 76% against 29%

Fewer control wards, more multikills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Locke, Yone

Good into Syndra, Viktor

Behind at 15 against 4 of 4, still wins 2 of them

Kassadin does worse than expected here

Kassadin does worse than expected here

Kassadin does better than expected here

Kassadin does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Kassadin's games

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Kassadin

Ganks come at 3:00, 7:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of bot lane

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of bot lane