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What decides the mid lane matchup: Kassadin vs Katarina in League of Legends
What decides the mid lane
A tactical read of the mid lane matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Kassadin
mid lane · Scaling carry
Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them.
Bully him every level before six. He has no answer to early aggression.
Kassadin is among the weakest pre-6 mids and unstoppable at level sixteen; every early plate and kill is time bought.
Katarina
mid lane · Level six all-in
The lane changes shape at the ultimate, so the window to build a lead closes at level six.
Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground.
Katarina's damage routes through dagger pickups and resets; denying the dagger denies the combo, and grouped CC ends her ult.
Kassadin vs Katarina: Common Questions
- Who wins Kassadin vs Katarina?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked mid lane games of Kassadin against Katarina to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Kassadin: Bully him every level before six. He has no answer to early aggression. Katarina: Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground.
- How do you play the Kassadin Katarina matchup?
- It is a mid lane matchup between a scaling carry and a level six all-in. Kassadin is among the weakest pre-6 mids and unstoppable at level sixteen; every early plate and kill is time bought. Katarina's damage routes through dagger pickups and resets; denying the dagger denies the combo, and grouped CC ends her ult.
- What should I know about Katarina vs Kassadin?
- Katarina is a level six all-in: The lane changes shape at the ultimate, so the window to build a lead closes at level six. Kassadin is a scaling carry: Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them. Katarina: Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground. Kassadin: Bully him every level before six. He has no answer to early aggression.
- How do I beat Katarina as Kassadin?
- Katarina's damage routes through dagger pickups and resets; denying the dagger denies the combo, and grouped CC ends her ult. Step off her daggers. Every trade she wins starts with one on the ground. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Katarina you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.