Kassadin ARAM Build 26.22

Kassadin Item Build

Kassadin scales into a hypercarry on the Rift and can step home to reload between fights, but the Abyss denies him that fountain while Riftwalk charges a steeper mana cost every time he chains it. Mana and ability haste climb his list so a panicked double-blink does not leave him dry, and Nether Blade's on-hit refund becomes his one way to claw the pool back mid-fight.

Starting items 1400g Blasting Wand×1Refillable Potion×1Tear of the Goddess×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe Rod of Ages46.8% WR2,600g @ 4:44›Sorcerer's Shoes47.1% WR1,100g @ 9:05›Malignance47.4% WR2,700g @ 10:12› Boots Sorcerer's Shoes85% · 47.1%Mercury's Treads15% · 33.3%

Rod of AgesBlasting Wand850g+Catalyst of Aeons1300g=450g to combine · 2,600g total

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Best Kassadin Runes

Dark Harvest meshes with a scaling assassin who takes over the Abyss once he comes online, blinking around the choke to erase a target in the clump. Kassadin needs to survive the early poke war to reach that point, so the page balances the sustain that keeps him alive with the power his Riftwalk snowball demands.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary Dark HarvestDamaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. Sudden Impact90% · 44.2%Grisly Mementos66% · 42.1%Treasure Hunter41% · 41.7% Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Precision Secondary Coup de Grace81% · 40.4%Presence of Mind84% · 36.7%

Stat shards OffenseAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Kassadin Skill Order

Force Pulse still maxes first, but the second priority flips at 8: Null Sphere takes that point and the rest through 13, where a Rift build would be feeding Nether Blade. The shield on it absorbs magic chip that never stops arriving, which matters more than an on-hit mana refund here.

PriorityRR›EE›QQ›WW›Max E first; Q at level 1.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q18101213max 13

W214151718max 18

E34579max 9

R61116max 16

Kassadin ARAM Abilities

Force Pulse only fires once Kassadin has soaked up enough nearby spellcasts to charge it, so his cone slow is a reward for good positioning rather than a button on demand. Nether Blade is the quiet engine underneath, its active attack refunding Mana to fund the teleports everyone remembers him for.

Void StonePassivePNull SphereMax 2ndQNether BladeMax lastWForce PulseMax 1stERiftwalkUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Force PulseMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 3rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+30 per rank+70% APlv 370lv 4100lv 5130lv 7160lv 9190Cost+5 per ranklv 360lv 465lv 570lv 775lv 980Cooldown-1 per ranklv 321slv 420slv 519slv 718slv 917s

Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Kassadin: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage taken−5%champion tuningForce PulseBase damage changed to 80 to 220.Force PulseAP ratio changed to 75% AP.

Kassadin Base Stats