Mid

Kassadin Build 26.22

Kassadin spends the early game barely hanging on and the late game deleting whoever he wants. Early he survives on a magic shield and reduced magic damage, but once he is online his Riftwalk blinks him across fights, stacking damage with every cast until he catches a carry and flickers out clean. A premium pick at 53.1% and climbing this patch, so the early game is about staying even. Farm safe, dodge skillshots, and know that your power curve flips hard.

#11 of 106 mid this patch · 1.2k games

Win rate53.1%+4.0Games1.2kPick rate2.5%Ban rate1.6%Last 8 patches+0.8 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 86%AD 8%True 6%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 53.1% WR

Spells

Flash + Teleport Start

Spellslinger's Shoes SkillsE›W›Q Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

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LoL ClassicSee how Kassadin was built in the classic eraKassadin Classic Build

When Is Kassadin Strongest?

The strong window is the later mid-game, once the build is mostly online, and games at this rank average around 27 minutes. Kassadin wins by surviving early and taking over late, so use the power window once his items are online to blink onto isolated carries, delete them, and slip away before the enemy can collapse.

Game timeline · Kassadin drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:26

Ambush zone3:12–4:42 Power spike 26:55

~5:44

11:31

17:13

26:55

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 64/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~5.4k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Malignance · 17:13

Kassadin Item Build

Kassadin is a scaling assassin who suffers early, then becomes an unkillable blink threat once his core items land. The build pours into ability power, mana, and haste so his void magic bursts squishies and he can chain his teleports to dart in and out untouched.

Standard loadout · Kassadin The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Dark Seal×1

Refillable Potion×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes72% · 55.6%

Chainlaced Crushers28% · 54.2%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.F

Frozen Heart9466.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.S

Shadowflame7865.4%V

Void Staff9061.1%M

Muramana11454.4%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens55358.0%F

Farsight Alteration21557.7%S

Stealth Ward41644.5%

Best Kassadin Runes

First Strike suits a champion who wants the mid and late game. It rewards him for landing the opening hit of a fight, which pairs with the burst his combo delivers once he can Riftwalk in. Keep the rest focused on mana and sustain so he survives the lane phase. Nothing fancy, just reach the point where his kit does the work.

The pre-game page First Strike · Inspiration + Domination · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Inspiration Primary

First StrikeWhen you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Cash Back28% · 54.1%

Triple Tonic27% · 56.0%

Cosmic Insight23% · 54.4%

Keystone plus three minors from Inspiration, two from Domination, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Domination Secondary

Sudden Impact86% · 53.6%

Ultimate Hunter89% · 53.1%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +9Adaptive Force+20–180 Health (by level)

Kassadin's whole plan is to survive to his item spike and then take over. Build toward Rod of Ages into Malignance, since a mana-hungry blinker has to weather a rough start first. There is no single power window, so play the matchup in front of you. Malignance comes online around 17 minutes, and that is when his Riftwalk combo starts one-shotting squishies, so trade patiently and build toward it.

Kassadin Skill Order

Force Pulse hoovers up levels 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9; Null Sphere, meanwhile, holds the single point it took at level 1 until level 14, so the shield and the channel interrupt stay at rank one for most of the game.

Skill order · Kassadin R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›E

E›W

W›Q

QMax E first; W at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q114151618max 18

W28101113max 13

E34579max 9

R61217max 17

Kassadin 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.

Abilities · Kassadinpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Void StonePassiveP

Null SphereMax lastQ

Nether BladeMax 2ndW

Force PulseMax 1stE

RiftwalkUltRRank-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

Kassadin Base Stats

Base stats · KassadinPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD59+3.9AS0.64+3.7%MS335Range150HP646+113HP56+0.5Armor21+4MR30+1.3MP400+87MP56+0.8

Kassadin Matchups

Kassadin dreads aggressive early lanes and poke mages who bully him before level six, since his magic resist passive does little against physical harass. He flips the script on immobile, ability-power casters late, blinking onto them and deleting them before they can respond.

Lane matchups · Kassadin click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs AP mages 01Hold Null Sphere shield to soak their magic combo before you commit.02Build magic resist so your passive further softens their poke while scaling.03After six, Riftwalk onto their mage and burst before they react. Win rate by game lengthKassadin overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min53.5%20–28 min48.6%28–35 min58.5%Over 35 min49.6%

Be careful into Aurelion Sol, Yasuo, and Lucian, who can bully Kassadin off the map before he ever spikes, so play safe and give up farm rather than dying. His slow and blink give him outs if you respect cooldowns. Once you reach Aurora, Ryze, and Corki, the lane flips and you can start pressuring, so track your jumps and punish them the second your items land.

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