Champion sheet · Mid

Kassadin

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

2.6%#149 of 173 champions

Pick: 1.2%picked in 332 of 28,366 games
Ban: 1.4%326 bans over 23,109 games, against 3.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid46.8% between 42.2% and 51.4% over 312 gamesSoloQ 50.5%: no clear gap

Median length28.5 minsoloQ 27.2 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLengthRunes
How to play itElectrocute, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Malignance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 85% of mid laners.DamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.6%
SoloQ
1.7%
0.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.5%
SoloQ
3.3%
1.5% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 3.3% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.5 min
SoloQ
27.2 min
Median of 28.5 min in amateur play, against 27.2 min in soloQ.
RunesFirst Strike instead of Electrocute
Amateur
46%
SoloQ
39%
Played in 46% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Electrocute (39%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Malignance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute39% · 13,463

≠ Amateur: First Strike instead of Electrocute. 46% · 343 games

SpellsFlash + Teleport65% · 22,129

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 72% · 41 games

Core (3 legendaries)36% · 6,195

36%of soloQ games

Rod of Ages
Archangel's Staff
Malignance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 85% of mid laners.

Team damagetop15%25% · mid laners: 21%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels

What it is not

Little CC
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 21 in lane, 18 in mid game and 77 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

492-35 vs 528

821-78 vs 899

1,339+161 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Kassadinmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 51% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

2.8takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 21 of 100 among mid laners492 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 18 of 100 among mid laners821 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 77 of 100 among mid laners1,339 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 29 of 100 among mid laners-156 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 49 of 100 among mid laners+54 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 68 of 100 among mid laners2.8 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 75 of 100 among mid laners811 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 49 of 100 among mid laners55% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners25% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 23 of 100 among mid lanersrank 23 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 14 of 100 among mid laners0.2 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 85 of 100 among mid laners25% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.