How to win lane as Illaoi against Kassadin · 51.54% win rate over 879 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Illaoi | Illaoi dominates level 1 — Kassadin is helpless early and can't trade with you. |
| Level 2 | Illaoi | Level 2 stays yours as he can only farm passively under your tentacle pressure. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | At level 3 W Harsh Lesson lets you punish every Q-shield cooldown for free. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | Levels 4-5 you keep walking him down before his spike arrives. |
| Level 6 | Illaoi | Level 6 still favors you — a landed E and R kill him before Riftwalk stacks save him. |
| First item | Illaoi | First item you retain the edge but his Rod of Ages spike is looming. |
| Two+ items | Kassadin | At 2+ items Kassadin outscales hard, Riftwalking out of tentacles and bursting you down. |
Levels 1-2 are all yours — Kassadin is one of the weakest early laners in the game, and with tentacles seeding the wave he can't contest CS without eating W Harsh Lesson trades.
The full Illaoi 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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