How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Kassadin · 52.63% win rate over 22 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is a wash — he has only Null Sphere, you have only Q with no aura stacked yet, so farm cleanly and set up your level 2-3 spike. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | Q+W comes online: a single-target Obliterate smash plus a banked Indestructible shield out-trades his lone Null Sphere, and he has no Riftwalk yet to escape. |
| Level 3 | Mordekaiser | With Q+W+E you yank him in with Death's Grasp and Q-smash through his weak passive shield while Darkness Rise ticks — he can't trade back from melee. |
| Levels 4-5 | Mordekaiser | Darkness Rise grinds him down in extended trades and Riftwalk's cooldown is still too long for him to kite your aura safely. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death banishes him 1v1 where Riftwalk has nowhere to blink — your E-pull and aura delete him before he scales. |
| First item | Mordekaiser | Your first AP item plus Death's Grasp's magic pen shreds his still-thin MR — all-in on his Riftwalk cooldown for the kill. |
| Two+ items | Kassadin | He out-scales hard: two AP items in, his passive shield soaks your aura and a low-cooldown Riftwalk kites your slow Q — so cash the lead you built and let your team handle him late. |
"Kassadin is one of the weakest melee laners pre-6 — his only trade button is Null Sphere's silence-and-shield, and his anti-AP passive shield barely dents the chunks you do with Obliterate. Hit your level 2-3 Q+W spike and shove the wave onto him: your single-target Q smash plus a banked Indestructible shield out-trades anything he throws back. Don't waste E poking through minions — hold it to yank him the moment he steps up to last-hit. And bait the Null Sphere silence before you commit your full combo, or it interrupts your all-in."
The full Mordekaiser 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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