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Katarina vs Kassadin

Katarina
vs
45.6%

over 1042 games

Kassadin
Analyze a draft with Katarina

Skill matchup

Heavy AP damageHigh burstDive threatSplit push

You are stronger early. Look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Kassadin

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Katarina: Kraken Slayer, Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, Sorcerer's Shoes, Shadowflame, Lich Bane, Death's Dance, Dark Seal.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Kraken Slayer
1
Blade of The Ruined King
2
Terminus
3

Standard

Sorcerer's Shoes
4Magic pen
Shadowflame
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot95%
FlashTeleport1%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Shadowflame
Lich Bane
Death's Dance
Dark Seal
Zhonya's Hourglass
Hextech Gunblade
Rabadon's Deathcap
Nashor's Tooth
Wit's End
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Mejai's Soulstealer
Titanic Hydra
Experimental Hexplate
Seeker's Armguard
Void Staff
Stridebreaker
Tiamat
Liandry's Torment
Maw of Malmortius
Kaenic Rookern
Endless Hunger
Guardian Angel
Randuin's Omen
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Stormsurge
Banshee's Veil
Riftmaker
61.7% WR235 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
Coup de GraceCoup de Grace
DominationDomination
Relentless HunterRelentless Hunter
Sudden ImpactSudden Impact
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Kassadin's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Void Stone (P)

Kassadin takes reduced magic damage and ignores unit collision.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
39s7s21s–
68s7s21s5s
97s7s21s5s
117s7s21s3.5s
167s7s19s2s
187s7s17s2s

Playing as Katarina

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Pick up your daggers

    Pick up your daggers in trades and teamfights: Voracity (passive) then hits every nearby enemy, and each dagger picked up lowers the cooldown of Shunpo (E).

  2. Shunpo to your Q dagger

    After Bouncing Blade (Q), blink to its dagger with Shunpo (E): it lands behind your target, and picking it up triggers Voracity (passive).

  3. Hit everyone before the kills

    In teamfights, hit as many champions as you can before they go down: when one of them dies, Voracity (passive) sharply lowers all your cooldowns.

  4. Death Lotus after their CC

    Cast Death Lotus (R) once the enemy CC is used: it's a channel, and a single CC is enough to cancel it.

Playing against Kassadin

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Trade before he hits 6

    Take as many trades as you can before he hits level 6: without Riftwalk (R), he has no way to move quickly, to engage or to escape.

  2. Lean on physical damage

    If you deal physical damage, lean on it in trades: Void Stone (passive) and Null Sphere (Q) only reduce magic damage.

  3. Drag it out when he chains R

    When he recasts Riftwalk (R) back to back, back off and drag the teamfight out: each quick recast doubles its mana cost, and once he's out of mana he can't blink anymore.

  4. End the game early

    Look to end the game early: at max rank, Riftwalk (R) only has a 2-second cooldown, and he blinks almost nonstop.

Other Katarina matchups

Patch 16.21.1