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Kai'Sa Build Guides, Runes and Items

Kai'Sa Daughter of the Void

Find the best Kai'Sa build guides for League of Legends S14 Patch 14.8. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Kai'Sa build for the S14 meta. Learn more about Kai'Sa's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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 14.8. 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!

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Patch 14.8: 187,677 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Kai'Sa's Runes

Kai'Sa's Best Runes 47%

Win Rate 47% Pickrate

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Precision
LoL Path: Precision
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Inspiration
LoL Path: Inspiration
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Second Best

Kai'Sa's 2nd Best Runes 48%

Win Rate 32% Pickrate

Domination
LoL Path: Domination
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Inspiration
LoL Path: Inspiration
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Third Best

Kai'Sa's 3rd Best Runes 47%

Win Rate 14% Pickrate

Precision
LoL Path: Precision
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Domination
LoL Path: Domination
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Kai'Sa's Summoner Spells

Kai'Sa's Best Summoner Spells 48%

Win Rate 66% Pickrate

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Second Best

Kai'Sa's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 47%

Win Rate 14% Pickrate

Flash Heal

Third Best

Kai'Sa's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 46%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Cleanse Flash

Kai'Sa's Starters

Kai'Sa's Best Starter Items 47%

Win Rate 97% Pickrate

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Kai'Sa's Core Items

Kai'Sa's Best Core Items 53%

Win Rate 19% Pickrate

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Kai'Sa Counters

Learn Kai'Sa'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.

Kai'Sa Skins

Kai'Sa's Abilities

Kai'Sa's Second Skin
Second Skin Kai'Sa's Passive Kai'Sa's Passive
Self
Kai'Sa's Passive
Kai'Sa's Passive
Kai'Sa's attacks stack plasma for 4 seconds and deal an additional 5-23 (at levels 1-16) (+15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25% of ability power plus +1-12 (at levels 1-17) per stack magic damage. Attacking an enemy with 4 stacks consumes the plasma, dealing 15% (+6% per 100 ability power) 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.
Q
Kai'Sa's Icathian Rain
Icathian Rain Kai'Sa's Q Ability
600
55
10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6
Kai'Sa launches 6 missiles that split among nearby enemies, each dealing 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (+20% of ability power) (+0.55 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. Additional hits on champions or jungle monsters deal 25% damage.

Evolved: Kai'Sa instead fires 12 missiles.
W
Kai'Sa's Void Seeker
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 75%.
E
Kai'Sa's Supercharge
Supercharge Kai'Sa's E Ability
Self
30
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.
R
Kai'Sa's Killer Instinct
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 70 / 90 / 110 (+120% of ability power) (+0.9 / 1.35 / 1.8 per attack damage) shield for 2 seconds.

Questions About Kai'Sa

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