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Kai'Sa Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Kai'Sa we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Kai'Sa, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Kai'Sa this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.9. However, if you are a new Kai'Sa player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Kai'Sa!

Patch 11.20: 494917 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Inspiration

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 5711 Games

Domination

Precision

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 2021 Games

Domination

Precision

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 9441 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 1975 Games

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 16488 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 1047 Games

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! Small Sample Size Warning * There is either not a lot of games played on this champion or the builds vary greatly, we have provided the top build but it does not have a high confidence rating so use your own discretion.

Passive Ability

Second Best

55%

Win Rate 11 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 6 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 12.8: 513624 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Domination

Inspiration

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 5997 Games

Domination

Inspiration

Third Best

57%

Win Rate 97 Games

Domination

Precision

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 9053 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 4417 Games

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 7764 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 6767 Games

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 14668 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 1567 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

72%

Win Rate 60 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

69%

Win Rate 106 Games

Passive Ability

Kai'Sa Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Kai'Sa guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Kai'Sa ADC in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Kai'Sa. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Kai'Sa Kai'Sa ADC

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Kai'Sa Skins

Find Kai'Sa's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Kai'Sa skins and chromas on Kai'Sa's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Lagoon Dragon Kai'Sa

October 21, 2021

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K/DA ALL OUT Kai'Sa Prestige Edition

Limited Edition

October 29, 2020

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K/DA ALL OUT Kai'Sa

October 29, 2020

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Arcade Kai'Sa

June 28, 2019

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iG Kai'Sa

Special Events

April 23, 2019

Wishlist

K/DA Kai'Sa Prestige Edition

Limited Edition

November 3, 2018

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K/DA Kai'Sa

November 3, 2018

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Bullet Angel Kai'Sa

March 7, 2018

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Classic Kai'Sa

Original

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Kai'Sa's Abilities

Second Skin Kai'Sa's Passive

Self

Kai'Sa's attacks stack plasma for 4 seconds and deal an additional 4 - 16 (at levels 1 - 16) (+15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25% of ability power plus +1 - 8 (at levels 1 - 17) per stack magic damage. Attacking an enemy with 4 stacks consumes the plasma, dealing 15% (+ 2.5% per 100 AP) missing health as magic damage. Nearby allies apply 1 stack to champions they immobilize.

Kai'Sa's suit evolves her basic abilities based on her stats.

Icathian Rain Kai'Sa's Q Ability

600

10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6

Kai'Sa launches 6 missiles that split among nearby enemies, each dealing 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (+25% of ability power) (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. Additional hits on champions or jungle monsters deal 25% damage.

Evolved: Kai'Sa instead fires 12 missiles.

Void Seeker Kai'Sa's W Ability

3000

55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75

22 / 20 / 18 / 16 / 14

Kai'Sa fires a void blast that deals 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+ 130% AD) (+ 45% AP) magic damage, applies 2 stacks of Plasma, and grants True Sight of the first enemy hit for 4 seconds.

Evolved: Kai'Sa instead applies 3 stacks of Plasma and hitting a champion reduces the cooldown by 77%.

Supercharge Kai'Sa's E Ability

Self

16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10

Kai'Sa supercharges her void energy, gaining between 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75% to 110 / 120 / 130 / 140 / 150% movement speed depending on her attack speed and becoming ghosted while charging, then she gains 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80% attack speed for 4 seconds.

Attacks reduce this ability's cooldown by 0.5 seconds.

Evolved: Kai'Sa also becomes invisible for 0.5 seconds.

Killer Instinct Kai'Sa's Ultimate (R) Ability

3000

100

130 / 100 / 70 / 70 / 70

Kai'Sa warps near an enemy champion affected by Plasma and gains a 75 / 100 / 125 (+100% of ability power) (+1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0 per attack damage) shield for 2 seconds.

Questions About Kai'Sa

Latest Questions

New Mythic Essence Shop

Asked by Molses on April 5, 2022

I would like to know if we are gonna be able to use the prestige skin from the new (mythic essence) shop if we don't have the original skin. I'm asking 'cause I got a chroma from a project skin, but I can't use the skin because I don't have the...

Is there an adc macro guide somewhere? Send me the link, please!

Asked by Molses on March 9, 2022

So I'm really looking for a general macro guide for adcs so I can make better choices during the matches, besides my mechanics choices. Thanks

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Top 3 ADCs?

Asked by Sooyoung on September 28, 2019

So what in your opinion are currently top 3 adcs? In my opinion it is: 1. Tristana 2. Draven 3. Kai'Sa

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kaisa build

Asked by slootzki on June 27, 2019

there in the new kaisa build with Manamune and the old build with stormrazor against what matchups do i build Manamune and against what matchups do i build StormRazor

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Can someone give tips to play Kai'sa

Asked by JohnySalvador16 on April 6, 2019

I want to learn how to play Kai'Sa so could someone give me tips :D

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What if ADC champion on top?

Asked by Pelangirainbow on December 24, 2018

SO guys waht you think if adc champion on top lane?Are will be goog or bad?

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Why don't you take overheal?

Asked by Ch33syB0y8 on November 25, 2018

I came to the game early in season eight and have never changed from overheal and I take it on most champions. Why don't people use it, it is such a good rune for taking trades in and out of lane and it allows for extra lane security. Fleet...

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What happened to Kai'Sa Jungle?

Asked by ninja8135 on July 20, 2018

When Kai'Sa was first released she was one of the best marksman jungler in the game. All in all, she still has some serious damage, but I rarely see her played in the jungle anymore. Is this because of the marksman nerfs that have affected...

KAI'SA 'S OP

Asked on March 14, 2018

WHY KAI'SA IS SO OP?

The Future of Kai'Sa?

Asked by Mr. Nyahr on March 2, 2018

I imagine that a [[Guinsoo's Rageblade]] on-hit build will be incredibly powerful considering her passive, similar to [[Varus]], but I wonder if the meta will end up with her building a standard, crit-based ADC build instead? Thoughts and opinions?

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Can Kai Sa be played like a support ?

Asked on February 27, 2018

Is it possible that Kai Sa be palyed like a support by any chance because of W-E-R range and burst ?