# Kai'Sa Counters Who counters Kai'Sa? Best and worst picks against Kai'Sa by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Kai'Sa in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) ## Page Content [Kai'Sa guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) [Play against Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/how-to-play-against/) [Kai'Sa counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/counters/) Best and worst picks against Kai'Sa in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Xayah, Zeri and Nilah beat Kai'Sa most often. Draven, Samira and Mel win the laning phase against Kai'Sa by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Kai'Sa Highest win rate versus Kai'Sa in Bot. - 1 [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) 4,913 games 54.0% - 2 [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) 2,393 games 53.7% - 3 [Nilah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/) 659 games 53.4% - 4 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 553 games 53.4% - 5 [Aphelios](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/) 4,568 games 53.0% - 6 [Jinx](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/) 10,102 games 52.9% - 7 [Kog'Maw](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/) 1,165 games 52.5% - 8 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 2,564 games 52.4% - 9 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 2,360 games 52.1% - 10 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 1,209 games 51.4% - 11 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 3,779 games 51.2% ## Worst picks against Kai'Sa Lowest win rate versus Kai'Sa in Bot. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 436 games 44.7% - 2 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 8,902 games 45.6% - 3 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 11,340 games 48.0% - 4 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 5,675 games 48.0% - 5 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 1,702 games 48.1% - 6 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 1,961 games 48.4% - 7 [Kalista](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kalista/) 1,919 games 48.6% - 8 [Twitch](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twitch/) 2,897 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Kai'Sa Largest gold lead over Kai'Sa at 15 minutes in Bot. - 1 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 388 games +1,085 - 2 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 842 games +445 - 3 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 204 games +329 - 4 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 170 games +295 - 5 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 672 games +292 - 6 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 1,138 games +223 - 7 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 2,899 games +211 - 8 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 2,735 games +198 - 9 [Kalista](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kalista/) 264 games +190 - 10 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 224 games +185 - 11 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 1,035 games +185 - 12 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 2,119 games +184 - 13 [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) 1,002 games +175 - 14 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 624 games +97 - 15 [Corki](https://baronbuff.com/champions/corki/) 252 games +83 ## How to play against Kai'Sa Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Stand near your wave to avoid isolated Q damage, then punish her short range after it hits minions. - Keep the wave centered when ahead; freezing denies clean Q trades and forces risky last hits. - Track her R angle before objectives; low-health allies behind your line can give her a free entry. - Force E defensively before committing CC, because her reposition decides skirmishes. - Spread just enough that Q cannot isolate a carry, but keep peel close for her R dive. ## Where Kai'Sa is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Kai'Sa's base range is short, so she must risk heavy return damage to apply passive stacks. - Her dive ultimate depends on existing plasma access; without setup, she struggles to choose safe backline entries. ## Kai'Sa counters: questions ### Who counters Kai'Sa in Bot? At Gold+, Xayah (54.0%), Zeri (53.7%) and Nilah (53.4%) have the highest win rates against Kai'Sa. ### Who does Kai'Sa counter? Kai'Sa wins most often against Mel (44.7%), Ezreal (45.6%) and Jhin (48.0%). ### Who wins lane against Kai'Sa? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Draven (+1,085), Samira (+445) and Mel (+329) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Kai'Sa. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/) - [Draven counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/counters/) - [Samira counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)