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Maximizing Your Lane with Kassadin (for levels 1-5)
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Spells:
Teleport
Flash
Ability Order
Void Stone (PASSIVE)
Kassadin Passive Ability
Intro
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Kassadin is a mage assassin, and he's very good at his job. He has a silence, a slow, and a flash in his arsenal, and each of those hit very hard as the game goes on. He gets in, gets out, and if you play smart you'll never die.
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rift walk Rift Walk is what makes Kassadin special, what makes him such an amazing assassin. The cooldown is very low, starting at 6 seconds without CDR. It also deals damage on arrival, which is important because that damage is what will secure most kills.
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Doran's Ring is very efficient, it grants 15 AP (which is huge early) 100 HP and 5 per/ 5 second mana regen. This means that Q spamming can be done more regularly without going OoM, said Q spam will hit harder than normal, and of course more HP is less death. This should increase your initial lane time by approx. 1 minute before pressing B.
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Return faster, stronger, and better after buying the above items. You should have 50 AP, extra mobility, and a ward against the gank.
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Perfect time to start Mejai's because this is about the time at which you'll start getting your kills; the sapphire crystal will provide much needed mana while building towards either catalyst or tear. Also a great time to upgrade your boots.
catalyst the protector
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or
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Time to set up either your
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Finish your big three in whatever order you deem necessary.
SITUATIONAL-
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Against Ranged Carries (Ashe, Tristana, Miss Fortune, etc.) one must be cautious. Kassadin does not take kindly to physical damage and should avoid it as much as possible. Hit them with
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Against a Tanky DPS (Garen, Jarvan IV, Xin Zhao, etc.) it's easier to avoid trouble, but they shrug off damage so naturally that out-harassing one (assuming competency) is not a likely scenario.
I'll provide an example of each type that you might see when you SoloMid.
Facing Anivia (AP Carry)
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Anivia is a great match up for Kassadin, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be careful. Anivia can flash freeze frost bite harass quite effectively and having a ranged auto-attack also makes it difficult for you to compete. The reason Kassadin is a counter in spite of the disadvantages is because his passive makes up for the difference in damage output and because
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Facing Ashe (Ranged Carry)
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Ashe is a very common (and highly effective) SoloMid and you must be careful against her. Her
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Facing Pantheon (Tanky DPS)
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While the SoloMid melee DPS champs are not common, they are certainly not ineffective. Most casters have a relatively easy time playing around the tanky melee DPS champs like Pantheon that SoloMid every once in a while, but Kassadin has a much harder time. In this example matchup (Pantheon) you have quite a large disadvantage: Pantheon's
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Just play D until you get
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A good Kassadin can lane against any champion in the game, but one can only be a good Kassadin if he/she knows how to play against the variety of champions that can/will lane against you.
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