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Level 1 Kai'Sa Stats

Health 570
Health Reg. (5s) 6
Mana 435
Mana Reg. (5s) 15
Armor 35
Magic Res. 30
Move Speed 340
Attack Dmg. 62
Attack Spd. 1

Kai'Sa's Abilities

PSecond Skin

Living Weapon: Kai'sa's abilities evolve based upon the permanent stats she gains from advanced equipment.

Caustic Wounds: Kai'sa's attacks stack Plasma for 4 seconds and deal 5 (+15% AP) bonus magic damage. Plasma detonates at 5 stacks, dealing 15% (+0.025% AP) bonus magic damage of their missing Health.
Nearby allies apply 1 stack to champions they Immobilize.

Plasma detonations deal a max of 400 damage to monsters.

1Icathian Rain Cooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 Cost: 55 / 55 / 55 / 55

Launches 6 missiles that split evenly among nearby enemies, each dealing 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 (+50% AD +30% AP) physical damage. Additional hits on champions or monsters deal 25% damage.

Living Weapon: 70 Attack Damage - Fires 12 missiles.

Minions below 35% Health take 150% damage.

2Void Seeker Cooldown: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75

Fires a blast that reveals the first enemy hit, adds 2 Plasma stacks, and deals 30 / 60 / 90 / 120 (+130% AD +70% AP) magic damage.

Living Weapon: 80 Ability Power - Adds 3 stacks and refunds 70% Cooldown on champion hits.

3Supercharge Cooldown: 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 Cost: 30 / 30 / 30 / 30

Charges up for 1 second, gaining 60% / 65% / 70% / 75% (+100% Attack Speed) Movement Speed. For 4 seconds after charing, gain
45% / 55% / 65% / 75% Attack Speed.

Living Weapon: 65% Attack Speed - Grants invisibility during the charge up.

Attacks reduce Supercharge's Cooldown by 0.5 seconds.
Charge time and Movement Speed scale with Attack Speed.

4Killer Instinct Cooldown: 80 / 70 / 60 Cost: 100 / 100 / 100
Dash to a location near an enemy champion marked by Plasma, gaining a shield that aborbs 75 / 100 / 125 (+100% / 150% / 200% AD +75% AP) damage for 2 seconds.

Kai'Sa Build Guide for Wild Rift

Build Kai'Sa with confidence with the help of WildRiftFire's build guides. Whether you are completely new to Kai'Sa or looking to refine your playstyle, we will help you take your Wild Rift game to the next level. Learn Kai'Sa's abilities in detail, the best items to build, which skills to level first, and more. Kai'Sa is ranked Tier S+ (Duo Lane) in our Champion Tier List
Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa ADC Daughter of the Void
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Patch 4.2
Recommended Role Duo Lane

Kai'Sa's Item Build

Starting Item
Long Sword
Long Sword
Core Items
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow
Phantom Dancer
Phantom Dancer
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
Stasis
Stasis
Final Build
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow
Phantom Dancer
Phantom Dancer
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regard
Lord Dominik's Regard
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
Stasis
Stasis

Kai'Sa's Spells & Runes

Summoner Spells
Flash
Flash
Exhaust
Exhaust
Runes
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo
Hunter - Vampirism
Hunter - Vampirism
Bone Plating
Bone Plating
Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak

Kai'Sa's Situational Items

vs Healing
Lord Dominik's Regard
Mortal Reminder
When Building Mortal Reminder
Guardian Angel
Bloodthirster
vs Crowd Control
Plated Steelcaps
Mercury's Treads

Kai'Sa's Skill Order

Second Skin Second Skin (Passive)
Icathian Rain
  • Icathian Rain
Void Seeker
  • Void Seeker
Supercharge
  • Supercharge
Killer Instinct
  • Killer Instinct
Quick Skill Order
Icathian Rain
Supercharge
Void Seeker

How to play Kai'Sa


Kai'Sa is not the best in the early game because she has a short auto attack range. The later the game goes and the more items she gets, the stronger she becomes. Kai'Sa has a very unique passive, Second Skin; when Kai'Sa buys items, her basic abilities can get upgraded. The most important ones you need to focus on are Icathian Rain, when upgraded the ability can shoot more missiles. The other upgrade you should focus on is Supercharge, when upgraded you turn invisible when using the ability. 

Kai'Sa Abilities


Second Skin (Passive)

Kai'Sa has 2 parts to her passive Second Skin. The first one is Living Weapon, which allows her abilities to evolve. Most of the time you only want to upgrade Icathian Rain and Supercharge as this is what makes you really strong. Once you get both of these upgrades, following the build path below you become unkillable.

The second passive is Caustic Wounds. Kai'Sa's attacks and allies' immobilizing effects stack Plasma on the enemy. This makes any support with crowd control great with Kai'Sa as the support can help you stack the passive. The number of stacks on the target can be seen just below the champion/minion. Once you get 4 stacks on an enemy, the 5th attack deals bonus magic damage equal to a percentage of their missing health. This passive transfers to all attacks from Runaan's Hurricane attacks which makes this a core item for her.

Icathian Rain (1)

Launches 6 missiles that split evenly among nearby enemies, each dealing physical damage. When Kai'Sa is isolated with an enemy champion (1vs1), all the missiles go onto that champion which makes Kai'Sa deadly. Icathian Rain is also a great tool during the laning phase. This ability can be used to poke down the enemy champion and hit minions at the same time. Make sure the enemy champions and minions are in range of your ability and the missiles will spread to all targets.

Living Weapon: Once you have enough attack damage this ability will be upgraded. Instead of launching 6 missiles, you will launch 12. That's double the number of missiles and you guessed it, double the amount of damage! When following the build path below, you can get this upgrade at around 4/5 minutes which is a huge power spike of damage that you can deal and can instantly clear minions waves.

Void Seeker (2)

Fires a blast that reveals the first enemy hit, adds 2 Plasma (Passive) stacks, and deals magic damage. There are 2 ways you can use this ability to its full potential.

The first is to increase the speed at which you get your stacks for your passive. Hitting enemies with Void Seeker adds 2 stacks. Using this ability in between your attacks is a great way to get to 5 stacks as fast as possible to deal more damage in a short space of time.

The second is to use Void Seeker to mark enemies from far away so you can use your Ultimate (Killer Instinct) on the target to surprise them. This is mainly useful in the mid/late game when you have a few items and have your abilities upgraded. If you can catch someone out by themselves, you can easily get a kill and get an advantage for your team.

Living Weapon: Once you have enough ability power, this ability will be upgraded. Now your Void Seeker will add 3 stacks of your passive and refund cooldown when it hits an enemy champion. Most if not all the time you will not be upgrading this ability as this is not the main source of your damage, but if you see that your team needs some ability power damage or your opponents are building a lot of armor, you can switch up your build and build more ability power to do mixed damage.

Supercharge (3)

When activated, the ability charges up gaining movement speed. After the charge is finished, Kai'Sa gains attack speed. This adds some mobility to Kai'Sa's kit and gives her more attack speed. However, when you are charging the ability you cannot attack, you can only use Icathian Rain. In the early game, the best time to use this ability is right at the start when you know you are about to go into a teamfight.

Living Weapon: Once you have enough attack speed, this ability will be upgraded. When you activate Supercharge, you will become invisible during the charge up. This makes this ability really strong in the mid/late game. Use the ability to throw off your enemies and move to a different location when you are invisible, surprising them with your huge amount of damage.

Killer Instinct (Ultimate)

Allows Kai'Sa to dash to a location near an enemy champion marked by Plasma (Passive), gaining a shield that absorbs damage for a few seconds. This is your main ability to outplay the enemy and get an advantage for your team.

When you are in a duel at close range, you can use Killer Instinct to avoid enemy damage, skill shots and crowd control or use it to gain a shield when duelling vs an enemy champion. This allows you to reposition and get a shield that can help you survive.

Another way you can use Killer Instinct is to jump onto the enemy backline to assassinate them. Be careful when doing this as if you get caught out, you will die very quickly.

The best thing to do is not to just tap your Killer instinct. You want to aim the ability and make sure you can get an advantage when using your ultimate.

Kai'Sa Build Breakdown


Immortal Shieldbow
Phantom Dancer
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regard
Guardian Angel
Plated Steelcaps - Stasis

Kai'sa's passive means you need to build Tier 3 items as soon as possible. When completing a Tier 3 item you can choose what ability to evolve. Kai'sa does really well when building attack damage items and also benefits a lot from attack speed. Immortal Shieldbow is a core item for Kai'sa. The item gives her a lot of great base stats, and the Lifeline passive can save her when getting jumped on by bruisers and assassins. Phantom Dancer is another core item for Kai'sa. The item gives you an insane amount of movement and attack speed to help kite enemies in team fights and deal more damage.


Onto the runes, we have:

Lethal Tempo

With Kai'sa, you will be attacking a lot which means she can stack Lethal Tempo very easily. When Lethal Tempo is fully stacked you get a huge burst of attack speed that helps Kai'sa exceed the attack speed cap and deal a lot of damage.

Hunter - Vampirism

As an AD Carry, you will always find yourself getting takedowns which will allow you to get more AD and physical vamp.

Bone Plating

As a marksman, Kai'sa will always be the main focus for the enemy team to try and take down. However, Bone Plating will help Kai'sa take reduced damage from the first three instances of damage which can save her life.

Nimbus Cloak

Since positioning is so important for Duo Lane carries and is so crucial to kite during teamfights. The extra movement speed you get from Nimbus Cloak is vital to keeping you alive or going in for the killing blow.

Flash
Exhaust

For summoner spells, Flash is a must on most champions. It's a great spell to get you out of a bad situation or allows you to flash into the team to get that killing blow! The go-to 2nd spell is Exhaust. Kai'sa doesn't have the longest attack range, which means most of the time she will be in range to use Exhaust. This will also help a lot when she's dashing onto the enemy backline.

Early Game


Kai'Sa is not the best champion in the early laning game. She doesn't have a lot of range and damage to be able to contest with other AD carries. Once you reach about 4-5 minutes, you should be able to buy your first item to get your Icathian Rain upgrade. This should help you a lot early on when clearing minion waves and trading vs the enemies. Make sure you keep an eye on your passive Plasma stacks, once you have full stacks the next basic attack you do on that enemy does a lot of damage. Allies immobilizing effects help stack Plasma, making champions like  Alistar and Leona great supports for Kai'Sa.

Late Game


As Kai'Sa, once you have all her abilities evolved and at least 3 or 4 items, she can become an unkillable assassin. You have so much mobility with her Killer Instinct and the ability to turn invisible with Supercharge. If you have an opportunity to use your ultimate and jump into the enemy backline, do it! Kai'Sa has a lot of damage and survivability.


On the other hand, it's always best as an AD Carry to stay grouped with your team. You want to stay as far back from the enemies as possible and allow your front line to go in front of you to tank all the damage. Most of the time you are the main damage output, so if you are caught by yourself and die then your team is in really big trouble, so make sure you stay safe at all times.

Conclusion


Kai'Sa is a very unique and fun champion to play. However, you need to make sure you go for the correct build so you can get your abilities upgraded as quickly as possible. If you like to be super mobile and have the opportunity to carry a team fight then Kai'Sa is the right champion for you.


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