How to win lane as Qiyana against Kassadin · 46.77% win rate (1,642 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
An assassin duel where the floor votes — your elements out-tool the mirror and the R ends ties against terrain.
Track: Kassadin's R — Riftwalk (5–2s cooldown). His mobility spike — the lane is decided before it scales.
Read from Qiyana's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Kassadin.
This is Qiyana's own plan; across 1,642 pooled games the lane is leaning Kassadin.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Qiyana | You dominate level 1 against a farm-only, dashless Kassadin. |
| Level 2 | Qiyana | At 2 he still cannot punish or escape your aggression. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 gives you the all-in tools he has no answer to. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 pre-6 Kassadin has no dash to survive your combo. |
| Level 6 | Qiyana | At 6 you still out-fight him before Riftwalk scales. |
| First item | Even / skill | First-item Qiyana out-duels an unscaled Kassadin. |
| Two+ items | Kassadin | 2+ items and stacked Riftwalks let Kassadin out-scale and escape you. |
Kassadin is at his weakest here and you punish it hard: at levels 1-2 he can only farm with Null Sphere while you contest every wave. Shove and deny him CS so his scaling clock starts as late as possible. Track Kassadin Riftwalk: 5s at rank 1, 2s at rank 3 — pre-6 he has no dash at all; that is your whole window.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Qiyana's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Qiyana 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 — Qiyana wins 46.77% of 1,642 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Kassadin has a small statistical edge (53.23% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Kassadin has the slight edge (Qiyana wins 46.77%), though it stays close.
Qiyana takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter, and Precision secondary (Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace) vs Kassadin.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Serrated Dirk (≈1100g) — strings start chunking. Build Eclipse / Profane Hydra first, then Serylda's path, with Mercury's Treads / Lucidity.
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