Qiyana vs Kassadin — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Qiyana against Kassadin · 48.89% win rate over 898 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Qiyana owns 6 of the 7 game windows to Kassadin's 1, but the win rate still favours Kassadin: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Qiyana wins 48.89% of games vs Kassadin in mid lane (898 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1QiyanaYou dominate level 1 against a farm-only, dashless Kassadin.
Level 2QiyanaAt 2 he still cannot punish or escape your aggression.
Level 3QiyanaLevel 3 gives you the all-in tools he has no answer to.
Levels 4-5QiyanaLevels 4-5 pre-6 Kassadin has no dash to survive your combo.
Level 6QiyanaAt 6 you still out-fight him before Riftwalk scales.
First itemQiyanaFirst-item Qiyana out-duels an unscaled Kassadin.
Two+ itemsKassadin2+ items and stacked Riftwalks let Kassadin out-scale and escape you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

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.

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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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