Hey. I'm SeaWeeb and I love to play ADCs but I'm not always in the mood for botlane. Kai'Sa is very fun to me so I decided to take her top lane and I am learning by the day. This Guide is still a WIP and many things are subject to change with more experience and if you are willing some constructive criticsm. I know this is not really that Viable but I have lots of fun doing it so I would encourage you to try this in a normal game and see how it goes.

• Strong Wave clear
• Decent escape
• Good engage
• Good burst damage
• Strong late game
• Can focus on herself and gets ahead of the pack faster

• Very Squishy
• Reduces overall team sustain due to a lack of tanks
• Can not duel many bruisers/tanks especially early

Press the Attack Press the Attack is a good choice for some extra damage. It easy for Kai'Sa to proc and increases all damage for the next few seconds. Conqeror Conqueror Is extremely important if you are facing a tanky champion because this rune grants true damage. Because you lack sustain you will need to poke your opposing laner down to reasonable health so if you get all and you have a chance of winning the duel. Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying is very helpful as it allows you to stay in lane a bit longer with the healing (it is not insane since you are ranged but it helps). You are very squishy so when a Poppy charges in you don't want to have to back every single time.

Demolish Demolish is something that you should only take if you have Grasp of the Undying. While it is very nice to deal extra tower damage, it is more important to have sustain so you can try your best to fill in the void left by taking the role of a tank/bruiser. Kai'Sa does not immobilize champions so Font of Life is useless and while you could take Shield Bash if you really wanted to it is tied to your ult so it won't be very consistent damage. Conqeror Second Wind is crucial when running Kai'Sa top. When in lane, due to your squishyness, not getting hit is the most important thing you can do besides getting CS. When you do eventually get hit you don't want the enemy laner to be able to follow up so being able to heal constantly is important so you won't have to back often. Bone Plating can work but the issue is that you must take multiple hits from the enemy laner for it to proc and be used effectively. Conditioning is not helpful as it will give very minuscule defense as you won't be building any AR/MR. Overgrowth Overgrowth is very helpful because it gives extra max hp. Since you are taking the place of the bruiser/tank extra HP will get you closer to that role and as a result, increase you and your team's sustain in a team fight. Revitalize is not very good because the shield you have is tied to your ult and lasts for 2 seconds. If you want to take Unflinching it is not very good because there is no reason to gap close with flash often and having Teleport and Ignite won't really benefit this rune.

Before going into a game you must have the mindset that you are the bruiser/tank in the team. You are losing out on team sustain because of this pick. When everyone has locked in assess whether you need to run full AR, MR, both, or none in your offense, and defense runes. Decide whether you need more damage, true damage, or sustain. This is not going to be easy. You will not be able to compete like other top laners but the rewards are worth it.

If you need to leash it does not take very long due to your passive so you can get back to lane just a bit faster than other champs. In the early game, your number one priority is CS. You will have a very, very hard time poking tanks and bruisers down to low health so maximizing your gold is a must which is why I choose to take Teleport instead of Ignite. Ganks are crucial to getting a kill, but if you play well you will be much better off, especially since top is usually an island. Keep top warded so you can know when a gank is incoming. You CAN NOT 1v2 so you must back to turret if you are about to get ganked. Keep this up and in time you will be able to actually damage the top laner and have success in duels and pokes. Remember, there is nothing wrong with farming under turrent, it is going to happen more than likely and you need to be ready to do so.

Once you force your way through lane you can now focus on normal Kai'Sa things but you are still the top laner. If you can, try to spilt push. You have another ADC to take your place in small team fights. Don't be afraid to engage but remember you are still an ADC so you can not face tank a veigar ult, and you are not the main tank in a 5v5. Play smart and don't feed. It is not hard to int as Kai'Sa top and it will cost you a game unless the enemy team feeds someone on your team.

Kai'Sa top is very fun for me. I enjoy Top lane more than all other lanes even if I sometimes have to go into a Kennen as a melee champion. This can work but you must play super safe and not make any major mistakes that will cause your opponent to gain a large lead. You have range and disengage which allows you to harass even mathcup champions and survive against hard matchups.