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Kai'Sa champion portrait

Kai'Sa Build

Top Tier 2

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 2,183 gamesUpdated

47.2%win rate0.1%pick3.8%ban

Who counters Kai'Sa

How to build Kai'Sa

Berserker's Greaves→Kraken Slayer→Guinsoo's Rageblade→Terminus

Berserker's Greaves → Kraken Slayer → Guinsoo's Rageblade → Terminus

51.0% win rate 9% of games 149 games
RunesPrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de GraceInspirationBiscuit DeliveryMagical Footwear34% of games
SpellsExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash35%
Skills
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Icathian Rain
14578
Void Seeker
214151617
Supercharge
39101113
Killer Instinct
612
StartDoran's BowHealth PotionHealth PotionDoran's Bow, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Kai'Sa build →
47.2%win rate
Patch 26.20: 47.9% over 5,462 gamesPatch 26.21: 47.2% over 2,183 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
48.1%at Emerald+
0.1%pick rate
3.8%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
41.8%under 22 min
46.8%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 15–20m
MASTER+
Kai'Sa champion portraitT Kai'SavsOlaf champion portraitT Olaf
0 / 5 / 1

Build

Berserker's Greaves|

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

EQWEEREQEQ
Loss 20–25m
MASTER+
Kai'Sa champion portraitT Kai'SavsGnar champion portraitT Gnar
1 / 9 / 2

Build

Berserker's Greaves|Kraken Slayer→Guinsoo's Rageblade

Spells & runes

ExhaustFlash|

Skills

QWEQQRQEQEEQREWE
Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Kai'Sa champion portraitT Kai'SavsOlaf champion portraitT Olaf
1 / 4 / 8

Build

Berserker's Greaves|Manamune→Kraken Slayer

Spells & runes

ExhaustFlash|

Skills

QWEQQRQWQWQWRWEEE

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 48.2% win rate · 34% of games · 531 games
PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryMagical Footwear
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 41.7% win rate · 8% of games · 120 games
PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash35%49.9%791 games
  • FlashBarrierFlash + Barrier23%46.0%520 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Berserker's Greaves63%Sorcerer's Shoes17%Gluttonous Greaves6%
Berserker's Greaves most often · 48.8% win rate

Kai'Sa build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Kraken Slayer1st
  2. Guinsoo's Rageblade2nd
  3. Terminus3rd
4% of games that reach a third item take this path50.0% win rate66 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Kai'Sa →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 2,198 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Berserker's GreavesBerserker's Greaves
62% · 49.0% win rate
Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
17% · 49.6% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
6% · 52.6% win rate
Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
3% · 49.3% win rate
No bootsNo boots
3% · 47.0% win rate
BootsBoots
3% · 22.7% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Kraken Slayer›Guinsoo's Rageblade+Berserker's Greaves4% of games · 41.2% win rate · 85 games
  2. Kraken Slayer+Berserker's Greaves3% of games · 34.5% win rate · 55 games
  3. Guinsoo's Rageblade›Kraken Slayer+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 50.0% win rate · 48 games
  4. Kraken Slayer›Guinsoo's Rageblade›Terminus+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 46.8% win rate · 47 games
  5. Statikk Shiv+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 18.2% win rate · 33 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Kai'Sa against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Kai'Sa's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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