# Kassadin Counters Who counters Kassadin? Best and worst picks against Kassadin by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Kassadin in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) ## Page Content [Kassadin guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) [Play against Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/how-to-play-against/) [Kassadin counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/counters/) Best and worst picks against Kassadin in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Pantheon, Hwei and Diana beat Kassadin most often. Mel, Yone and LeBlanc win the laning phase against Kassadin by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Kassadin Highest win rate versus Kassadin in Mid. - 1 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 130 games 58.5% - 2 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 221 games 56.1% - 3 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 254 games 55.1% - 4 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 180 games 55.0% - 5 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 792 games 54.9% - 6 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 648 games 53.1% - 7 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 1,293 games 53.0% - 8 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 402 games 53.0% - 9 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 206 games 52.4% - 10 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 858 games 52.3% - 11 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 375 games 52.0% - 12 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 362 games 51.9% - 13 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 542 games 51.9% - 14 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 197 games 51.8% - 15 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 165 games 51.5% ## Worst picks against Kassadin Lowest win rate versus Kassadin in Mid. - 1 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 180 games 36.7% - 2 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 140 games 42.1% - 3 [Aurelion Sol](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurelionsol/) 169 games 42.6% - 4 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 209 games 44.0% - 5 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 617 games 45.1% - 6 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 137 games 45.3% - 7 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 590 games 45.9% - 8 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 659 games 46.1% - 9 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 775 games 47.1% - 10 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 366 games 47.3% - 11 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 419 games 47.7% - 12 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 448 games 47.8% - 13 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 295 games 48.1% - 14 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 197 games 48.7% - 15 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 407 games 48.9% ## Best lane counters vs Kassadin Largest gold lead over Kassadin at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 110 games +954 - 2 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 149 games +887 - 3 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 102 games +741 - 4 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 164 games +518 - 5 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 159 games +404 - 6 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 121 games +398 - 7 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 119 games +268 - 8 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 146 games +266 - 9 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 136 games +65 ## How to play against Kassadin Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Freeze near your tower and harass last-hits so he pays for every minion. - Build slow pushes before trading; your minion wave should punish his short early combos. - Hold crowd control for his R landing spot instead of throwing it at max range. - Force objectives before repeated R casts let him choose the fight angle. - Burst or lock him immediately after his first R, before stacks and cooldowns take over. ## Where Kassadin is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Kassadin is weak before repeated blink casts, so pressure and wave control delay his scaling access. - He is designed to resist magic threats, but physical damage and hard crowd control punish his short-range dives. ## Kassadin counters: questions ### Who counters Kassadin in Mid? At Gold+, Pantheon (58.5%), Hwei (56.1%) and Diana (55.1%) have the highest win rates against Kassadin. ### Who does Kassadin counter? Kassadin wins most often against Orianna (36.7%), Azir (42.1%) and Aurelion Sol (42.6%). ### Who wins lane against Kassadin? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Mel (+954), Yone (+887) and LeBlanc (+741) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Kassadin. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) - [Yone counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)