KassadinVSYasuo
What decides the mid lane matchup: Kassadin vs Yasuo 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.
Yasuo
mid lane · Lane bully
Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
Poke his shield off before trading, and never fight him inside a long minion wave.
Yasuo's passive shield eats the first hit of every trade and minions are his dashes; a broken shield and a thin wave beat him.
Kassadin vs Yasuo: Common Questions
- Who wins Kassadin vs Yasuo?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked mid lane games of Kassadin against Yasuo 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. Yasuo: Poke his shield off before trading, and never fight him inside a long minion wave.
- How do you play the Kassadin Yasuo 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. Yasuo's passive shield eats the first hit of every trade and minions are his dashes; a broken shield and a thin wave beat him.
- What should I know about Yasuo vs Kassadin?
- Yasuo 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. Yasuo: Poke his shield off before trading, and never fight him inside a long minion wave. Kassadin: Bully him every level before six. He has no answer to early aggression.
- How do I beat Yasuo as Kassadin?
- Yasuo's passive shield eats the first hit of every trade and minions are his dashes; a broken shield and a thin wave beat him. Poke his shield off before trading, and never fight him inside a long minion wave. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Yasuo 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.