Zilean vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Zilean
based on 615 Zilean vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Kassadin
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Win Against Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Zilean vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Zilean versus Kassadin counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Zilean or Kassadin?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kassadin, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter for Kassadin.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when facing one another, Zilean also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Kassadin.
Moreover, Zilean has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter to Kassadin. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often racks up a lot less CS as Kassadin. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Zilean versus Kassadin build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Kassadin than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing against Kassadin with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Kassadin as Zilean, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Zilean vs Kassadin counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.
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