How to win lane as Orianna against Kassadin · 45.12% win rate (1,547 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He dives a ball that shields, slows, and flips — keep it close, keep the wave middle, and make his dive a Shockwave donation.
Track: Kassadin's R — Riftwalk (5–2s cooldown). His mobility spike — the lane is decided before it scales.
Read from Orianna's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Kassadin.
This is Orianna's own plan; across 1,547 pooled games the lane is leaning Kassadin.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Orianna | You dominate level 1 because Kassadin has no waveclear or kill threat into your ball poke. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | You favour level 2 as your Q-W shove and chip out-pressure his weak early. |
| Level 3 | Orianna | You favour level 3 by perma-shoving and chunking his last-hits. |
| Levels 4-5 | Orianna | You favour 4-5 keeping him under tower with no way to trade back. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even: Riftwalk on 5s lets him dodge your Shockwave and roam. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item stays skill-based: your Luden's spike races his rank 2 Riftwalk. |
| Two+ items | Kassadin | At two items Riftwalk is 2s and he out-scales you, so close the game first. |
You crush Kassadin at levels 1-3: he has no waveclear and no kill pressure, so your ball-toss poke and Q-W shove let you push him under tower and chunk him for every last-hit. Keep the wave crashing so he either misses CS or eats plates. His only tools are the Null Sphere shield and a Force Pulse slow if you dive in carelessly, so poke from range and stack a big lead before he can scale.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Orianna's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Orianna 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 — Orianna wins 45.12% of 1,547 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Kassadin has a small statistical edge (54.88% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Kassadin has the slight edge (Orianna wins 45.12%), though it stays close.
Orianna takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Kassadin.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — the trade engine steadies. Build Luden's Companion first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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