Kai'Sa Counters

Best picks against Kai'Sa

Highest win rate versus Kai'Sa in Bot.

1. 1Xayah4,913 games54.0%
2. 2Zeri2,393 games53.7%
3. 3Nilah659 games53.4%
4. 4Swain553 games53.4%
5. 5Aphelios4,568 games53.0%
6. 6Jinx10,102 games52.9%
7. 7Kog'Maw1,165 games52.5%
8. 8Samira2,564 games52.4%
9. 9Sivir2,360 games52.1%
10. 10Yasuo1,209 games51.4%
11. 11Smolder3,779 games51.2%

Worst picks against Kai'Sa

Lowest win rate versus Kai'Sa in Bot.

1. 1Mel436 games44.7%
2. 2Ezreal8,902 games45.6%
3. 3Jhin11,340 games48.0%
4. 4Lucian5,675 games48.0%
5. 5Varus1,702 games48.1%
6. 6Draven1,961 games48.4%
7. 7Kalista1,919 games48.6%
8. 8Twitch2,897 games48.8%

Best lane counters vs Kai'Sa

Largest gold lead over Kai'Sa at 15 minutes in Bot.

1. 1Draven388 games+1,085
2. 2Samira842 games+445
3. 3Mel204 games+329
4. 4Swain170 games+295
5. 5Varus672 games+292
6. 6Lucian1,138 games+223
7. 7Caitlyn2,899 games+211
8. 8Jhin2,735 games+198
9. 9Kalista264 games+190
10. 10Yasuo224 games+185
11. 11Tristana1,035 games+185
12. 12Miss Fortune2,119 games+184
13. 13Xayah1,002 games+175
14. 14Sivir624 games+97
15. 15Corki252 games+83

How to play against Kai'Sa

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

1. Stand near your wave to avoid isolated Q damage, then punish her short range after it hits minions.
2. Keep the wave centered when ahead; freezing denies clean Q trades and forces risky last hits.
3. Track her R angle before objectives; low-health allies behind your line can give her a free entry.
4. Force E defensively before committing CC, because her reposition decides skirmishes.
5. 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.