How to win lane as Irelia against Kassadin · 48.65% win rate (2,302 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A duel of windows — his burst versus your sustain; stack before his commit and the stat check votes Ionian.
Track: Kassadin's R — Riftwalk (5–2s cooldown). His mobility spike — the lane is decided before it scales.
Read from Irelia's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Kassadin.
This is Irelia's own plan; across 2,302 pooled games the lane is leaning Kassadin.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Irelia | Kassadin's mana-starved kit and 650-range Null Sphere mean Irelia wins early trades outright |
| Level 2 | Irelia | Irelia continues to punish his passive early laning stance with dash-reset pressure |
| Level 3 | Irelia | Irelia's all-in power spike lines up with Kassadin's weakest scaling window before mana items |
| Levels 4-5 | Irelia | Same all-in pressure holds — Kassadin still can't freely trade back without burning his whole mana bar |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Vanguard's Edge gives Irelia the lockdown tool to win the fight right as Kassadin also hits his ult |
| First item | Even / skill | Sheen procs keep punishing his early game before his mana pool and Riftwalk cooldown come online |
| Two+ items | Kassadin | Once scaled, Kassadin's Riftwalk mobility and burst let him dictate and escape fights Irelia can no longer win |
Levels 1-2 favor Irelia clearly — Kassadin has a 650-range Null Sphere and minimal mana to work with, so aggressive trades using Bladesurge resets punish him before he can farm safely. Push your advantage here because it shrinks fast once he scales. Track Riftwalk is 5s at rank 1 and only 2s at rank 3, so his exit becomes real the moment he ranks it.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Irelia's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Irelia vs Kassadin report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Kassadin, slightly — Irelia wins 48.65% of 2,302 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Kassadin has a small statistical edge (51.35% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Kassadin has the slight edge (Irelia wins 48.65%), though it stays close.
Irelia takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Second Wind) vs Kassadin.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Recurve Bow (≈1000g) — the on-hit engine starts. Build Blade of the Ruined King first, then Wit's End / Steelcaps path, with Mercury's Treads.
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