r/KassadinMains

a kassadin ramble

a kassadin ramble

although the last two games i got filled to jungle, i made it to master on my main account and got up to 300ish lp master on my alt account, i just wanted to share a few tips and maybe make a full guide later:

  1. avoiding deaths is necessary, even if you must go under 10-30 cs from your laner or miss waves, the moment you die especially on RoA builds you lose all control of the game
  2. you cannot victimize yourself or blame others (believe me, i did this a lot), you have to just /mute all and just play the games out to the best of your ability
  3. at a higher rank, good mechanics are necessary, you need to have good movement/apm to competently play and carry games (i drank coffee and did very short warmups to help with this)

last split i played a lot of electrocute ignite full ap, this split i completely forgone it with the exception of a few games but even then i go first strike and teleport, EVERY GAME

i know it sounds cringe and easier to say that to do but, the most important thing is to just not give up; if you do not have the patience you can play ANY other champion but kassadin

u/Liave_Umbra — 1 day ago

How do you convince your team not to ff?

I've had this issue several times lately.

we're behind, which is expected. some games a lot, some games a little. I keep telling my team we're fine and that we win this. yet they keep ffing between 15-20 minutes.

They refuse to wait to keep fighting while behind until we hit spikes and just give up dragging me to the loss with them.

First time was annoying, second time made me a bit mad, and the third time this happened in the last few days was genuinely infuriating.

Why queue up for ranked if your mental is so weak you just give up?

I swear people would rather lose the game instead of winning if they aren't carrying themselves.

it's kind of pathetic how peoples' mental is lately.

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Is the game over if enemy team is too fed before you are 16?

I have been playing kassadin for the past few weeks and sometimes I lose the game because the enemy team is fed before I hit 16, I cant really do anything when my teammates are absolute trash. Any tips?

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u/Babakiral33 — 1 day ago

Kassadin Top - HELP ME

I’ve played more than 500 games Kassadin top due to my friends playing constantly mid - despite me being higher elo midlaner. Im otp, and I wont change my beloved champ for adapting to our 5vs5 flex team.

I know everything about Kassadin mid - but Im looking about any unexpected Top lane method - runes, items etc, that can make top less miserable. I’ve even tried Hearsteel.

Please, help!!

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u/CivVIIJunkie — 3 days ago

Should you replace muramana late game?

I ask because I find myself falling off even at 6 items lategame. I can 1v1 most people but can't quite carry a team if I'm the big fed one.

I find myself full build a lot in that position but again, I feel like I'm just not nuking people that late in the game.

My build usually ends up pretty defensive. 1 of the defense boots, rod, mura, seraphs, zhonyas, then mejais if I keep it stacked, deathcap if I dont, or void staff if they have a lot of MR.

does the mura fall off lategame?

am I building wrong when in position to carry?

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u/Cautious-Village-366 — 4 days ago

How to carry on this champion?

For context I’m a jg main and off rolling so I suppose I’m just not adapted to mid laning but do you take over a game or get agency on this champ?

Almost every game kinda feels like getting a massive cs deficit in the first 15 minutes, losing your tower early, not being able to rotate and meaningfully impact any early plays and possibly even die to your laner once or multiple times just for the payout of a crazy spike at 16 with 3 items?

I just don’t understand how to win a game where the enemy team is so ahead and the game already feels decided by the time you hit your spike, on top of this I have seen many kassadin players say that nowadays you have to play for a snowballing opportunistic playstyle but how to do that when it seems like you lose every duel/trade in the first 20 minutes of the game?

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u/EnvironmentWorth372 — 6 days ago

how the heck do I kill nilah?

I just had a crazy game. full mejais, 10+ kills and no deaths. all before level 16.

post level 16 I go try to 1v1 the opposing nilah. I tp on her, cast everything. and she takes like zero damage. I keep fighting and she just takes no damage until I die and she's at 50% hp (she was a bit strong, but not like I was).

Im readin her abilities and one says it gives her 25% magic damaged reduction. but even through that I should be nuking her. I delete their galeo, rammus, darius, or swain without breaking a sweat.

my second death was also to her. she was like 80% hp in a bush and didn't know I saw her. tp onto her, blow everything and lose the fight with her still at like 50% hp.

what the hell is happening? how do I kill this champion?

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u/Cautious-Village-366 — 6 days ago

Bug still in but atleast I went out with a banger of a game xd

went 15/12 but late game I stacked R in base tpd and insta triple(well single into insta double) holy fuck hes fun

u/ViraLCyclopes34 — 6 days ago

They Said It's Not Winable... So I Did This.

Hello my name is FabeaN and this is second video while playing kassadin in Master on EUW, if you have any questions/any tips leave them on youtube appreciate it and have a nice time enjoying it.
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u/FabeaNN — 7 days ago

When should I actually pick Kassadin?

I played a lot of Kassadin a few years ago and want to get back into him, but honestly, I'm a bit lost regarding the matchups.

I mean, in the current 2026 meta—with the builds and paths we have—when is it actually good to pick Kassadin, and when is it not?

Currently I play Akali, Anivia, and Jayce in the mid lane.

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u/gio_vich — 9 days ago

Ideal build + Muramana purpose

I don't get why muramana is good on kassadin

does the AD improve his W's damage?

what's the best build? ROA into seraph into malig? or zhonyas/rabadon?

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u/EnvyMink — 7 days ago

Riot giga nerfed old Kassadin in the classic mode. He's worse than even live Kassadin.

Just got off from PBE. If you wanna play for nostalgia then go for it. But if you plan to play this old version of Kass to feel what it's like to be a god. Don't! He's worse than live Kassadin, and I'm not joking. His passive is useless, R has insanely long cdr, W doesn't reset aa, and it just doesn't feel good to play. E is the only insane thing about him

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u/kanzphan123 — 11 days ago

kassadin its a great pick against locke, thing about it, you have a ap shield, better scale, great burst and survival, its just way too good

u/Simp_Abuser — 10 days ago