KassadinVSPantheon
What decides the mid lane matchup: Kassadin vs Pantheon 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.
Pantheon
mid lane · Lane bully
Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
His early all-in is elite. Respect levels one to three and hold your escape for the stun.
Pantheon's point-and-click W stun makes his levels 1–3 among the strongest in the game; he falls off, so surviving is beating him.
Kassadin vs Pantheon: Common Questions
- Who wins Kassadin vs Pantheon?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked mid lane games of Kassadin against Pantheon 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. Pantheon: His early all-in is elite. Respect levels one to three and hold your escape for the stun.
- How do you play the Kassadin Pantheon matchup?
- It is a mid lane matchup between a scaling carry and a lane bully. Kassadin is among the weakest pre-6 mids and unstoppable at level sixteen; every early plate and kill is time bought. Pantheon's point-and-click W stun makes his levels 1–3 among the strongest in the game; he falls off, so surviving is beating him.
- What should I know about Pantheon vs Kassadin?
- Pantheon is a lane bully: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. Kassadin is a scaling carry: Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them. Pantheon: His early all-in is elite. Respect levels one to three and hold your escape for the stun. Kassadin: Bully him every level before six. He has no answer to early aggression.
- How do I beat Pantheon as Kassadin?
- Pantheon's point-and-click W stun makes his levels 1–3 among the strongest in the game; he falls off, so surviving is beating him. His early all-in is elite. Respect levels one to three and hold your escape for the stun. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Pantheon 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.