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Kassadin League Classic guide

FILE KASSADIN · PATCH 3.15.5

Kassadin · Kassadin — the Void Walker

Kassadin is included in Riot's official 60-champion League Classic roster. This guide preserves Riot 3.15.5 history and does not claim launch-verified values, performance data or an optimal build.

MidAssassin

Evidence status: Historical reference
Source era: Riot Data Dragon 3.15.5
Region: global historical snapshot
Last verified: 2026-07-16

Historical Classic reference. Current launch-version build verification is still pending.

Service statusLeague Classic is live globally and in mainland China

Entity dataHistorical reference; launch values verified per entity

Build statusHistorical Classic only; launch build verification in progress

Source era / patch: 3.15.5
Position: Mid
Region: global historical snapshot
Last verified: 2026-07-16

Summoner Spells

Ignite
Flash

Rune page direction

Greater Glyph of Ability Power
Greater Glyph of Attack Damage
Greater Glyph of Magic Penetration
Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power
Greater Glyph of Scaling Attack Damage
Greater Mark of Ability Power

Open rune library →

Mastery distribution

Defense 7 · Offense 1

Block
Tough Skin
Unyielding
Bladed Armor
Oppression
Reinforced Armor

Open mastery trees →

Starting items

Faerie Charm
Health Potion
Mana Potion
Stealth Ward (Item)
Warding Totem (Trinket)

First recall

Tear of the Goddess
Sorcerer's Shoes

Core direction

Tear of the Goddess
Sorcerer's Shoes
Rod of Ages

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Situational branches

Archangel's Staff
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Lich Bane
Zhonya's Hourglass
Athene's Unholy Grail

Skill priority

Not recorded — verify in the launch client

Featured player guide

How to read Kassadin with launch verification pending

Unique historical context is shown first; every launch-sensitive conclusion remains a recheck item until direct client evidence is recorded.

Why this champion matters in Classic

Kassadin represents the high-cost, high-impact spell cadence Riot associates with early League. The site's historical record does not repeat old ban-rate folklore as current data.

Historical playstyle

Null Sphere, Force Pulse and Riftwalk form the archived spell sequence, with Nether Blade supporting mana interaction. The stored recommendation builds a long mana curve through Tear of the Goddess and Rod of Ages.

Role differences

Mid is the only stored navigation position. That is a historical taxonomy, not evidence of launch pick rate, matchup spread or queue assignment.

Historical build logic

Tear and Rod of Ages delay immediate power for a mana-oriented progression, while Archangel's Staff, Deathcap, Void Staff, Lich Bane and Zhonya's remain historical branches.

Key item interactions

The path is sensitive to item timing and mana conversion. Launch recipes, stack rules and Riftwalk costs must be verified together rather than inferred from the 3.15.5 snapshot.

Rune direction

The burst page points toward historical magic penetration and spell power. It is a candidate reading set, not a complete launch rune prescription.

Mastery direction

Damage and utility nodes are connected through the historical burst setup; exact ranks are absent and remain intentionally unfilled.

Skill priority evidence

The record does not provide a rank order. A launch guide must first verify Null Sphere, Force Pulse setup conditions and Riftwalk cost escalation.

Historical strengths

Archived kit has a clear mana-and-mobility identity.
Historical item and spell records connect through an auditable 3.15.5 source.

Historical weaknesses

Mana costs and stacking rules can change the entire build logic.
No current performance or matchup sample exists.

What changed from modern League

Stable ability names do not establish identical spell behavior, cost curves, silence rules or scaling.

Recheck at launch

Riftwalk stacking cost
Force Pulse availability condition
Silence/control behavior
Tear and Rod of Ages recipes

Quick Answer

Kassadin historical snapshot

Kassadin's historical kit combines Void Stone, Null Sphere, Nether Blade, Force Pulse, Riftwalk. Read the spell summaries together with the historical item direction and the explicit launch-verification limits.

Roster evidence boundary

Riot's official Classic Champions page confirms Kassadin in the 60-champion roster. The kit, values and build shown here remain version-labelled historical references, not automatically launch-verified data.

Historical kit

Kassadin abilities

Summaries and displayed values come from the labelled historical snapshot. Observed and launch-verified fields remain empty until direct client evidence exists.

Void Stone

Historical function: Kassadin takes 15% reduced magic damage and transforms this damage into bonus attack speed.