Kai'Sa Build, Runes, Abilities, & Matchups

In League of Legends Wild Rift Kai'Sa is a Marksman that highly play in Dragon lane. View Kai'Sa Best Builds, Runes, Matchups, and more here.

Kai'Sa Build Guide

Full Build

Manamune	Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves
Runaans Hurricane	Infinity Edge	Guardian Angel

In Wild Rift Kai'Sa build items that increase Physical damage, Attack speed, and Critical rate so she can be the main attack damage carry (ADC) of the team.

Enchantment: Quicksilver is an item that Kai'Sa should build.

Core Items

Manamune

Blade of the Ruined King

Gluttonous Greaves

Kai'Sa core items are Manamune, Blade of Ruined King, and Gluttonous Greaves.

The core items increase Attack damage, Mana, Attack speed, Physical vamp.

Other Options

Phantom Dancer	Rapid Firecannon	Bloodthirster
Maw of Malmortius	Mortal Reminder	Stasis Enchant

Down below are different techniques to build on Kai'Sa against enemy match ups.

Build Vs Fighter

Manamune	Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves
Runaans Hurricane	Infinity Edge	Bloodthirster

Build Bloodthirster to get Physical Vamp and shield when you have full health.

Build Vs Assassin

Manamune	Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves
Phantom Dancer	Infinity Edge	Guardian Angel

Build Phantom Dancer to get shield when your health are lower than 35%.

Build Guardian Angel to get revives at death.

Build Vs Mage

Manamune	Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves
Maw of Malmortius	Infinity Edge	Guardian Angel

Build Maw of Malmortius to get magic resist and gain shield when health are below 35%.

Build Guardian Angel to survive high damage burst by mage combo skills.

Build Stasis Enchant to survive mage combo skills.

Build Vs Tank

Manamune	Blade of the Ruined King	Gluttonous Greaves
Rapid Firecannon	Infinity Edge	Mortal Reminder

Build Rapid Firecannon to get extra attack range, crit rate, and attack speed.

Build Mortal Reminder to get Armor penetration, and effectively attack tank champoins.

Kai'Sa AoE Marksman

Blade of the Ruined King	Runaans Hurricane	Infinity Edge
Rapid Firecannon	Gluttonous Greaves	Mortal Reminder

Recommended build from in-game.

Kai'Sa Runes

The best Wild Rift Kai'Sa Runes are Conqueror keystone with Gathering Storm, Spirit Walker, and Manaflow Band.

Conqueror	Gain Stacks of AD or AP when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Stacks up to 5 times. When fully stacked deal bonus damage to champions. (Adaptive)
Gathering Storm	Every 2 minutes, gain AD or AP (Adaptive)
Spirit Walker	Gain bonus max health and slow resistance.
Manaflow Band	Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your max mana.

Summoner Spells

Flash	Teleport a short distance forward or toward the aim direction.
Heal	Resources Heath and grants bonus Movement Speed to you and the most wounded nearby ally champions.

Kai'Sa Abilities Guide

Skill Details

Second Skin	Living Weapon: Kai'Sa abilities evolve based upon the permanent stats she gains from items and levels. Caustic Wounds: Kai'Sa's attacks and allies' immobilizing effects stack Plasma for 4 seconds and deal 5 bonus magic damage. Plasma detonates at 5 stacks, dealing bonus magic damage equal to 15% of their missing Health.
Icathian Rain	Launchers 6 missile that split evenly among nearby enemies, each dealing 50 physical damage. Additional hits on champions or monsters deal 25% damage. Cooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 Mana Cost: 55
Void Seeker	Fires a blast that reveals the first enemy hit, adds 2 Plasma stacks, and deals 106 magic damage. Living Weapon: 80 ability Power - Adds 3 stacks and refunds 70% Cooldown on champion hits. Cooldown: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 Mana Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Super Charge	Charges up for 1 seconds, gaining 60% Movement Speed. For 4 seconds after changing, gain 45% Attack Speed. Living Weapon: 65% Attack Speed - Grants invisibility during the charge up. Cooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 Mana Cost: 30
Killer Instinct	Dash a location near an enemy champion marked by Plasma, gaining a shield that absorbs 133 damage for 2 seconds. Cooldown: 80 / 70 / 60 Mana Cost: 100

Skill Orders

Icathain Rain	Void Seeker	Supercharge	Killer Instinct
1	2	3	5
4	12	7	9
6	14	10	13
8	15	11

Skill Combos

1. Supercharge > Auto attack > Icathian Rain.

2. Supercharge > Void Seeker > Killer Instinct > Icathian Rain.

Kai'Sa Matchups & Partners

Enemy Matchups

Good Against
Jinx	Kai'Sa has better wave clearing that Jinx. Your Icathain Rain can deal very high damage especially 1vs1 against Jinx. Kai'Sa Supercharge also add extra attack speed and invisibility make Jinx harder to target Kai'Sa.
Jhin	Kai'Sa has better attack range then Jhin, and her late game damage is very high. Kai'Sa killer instinct can catch Jhin off guard or when he use Ultimate.
Ashe	Kai'Sa and Ashe has similar attack range. However, Kai'Sa can output higher damage burst with the passive Second Skin, and Icathain Rain ability.
Miss Fortune	Kai'Sa has better mobility against Miss Fortune such as faster Attack Speed and her Ultimate Killer Instinct can dodge MF Ultimate easily.
Varus	Varus harass ability is Piercing Arrow, you can use Supercharge to dodge that and increase attack speed to farm very well. If you time your Ultimate perfectly well, you can also dodge Varus Ultimate as well.
Tristana	Kai'Sa is a good Tristana counters, when Trist use Rocket Jump trying to run away from you, you can use your Killer Instinct to catch back and procs your Icathain Rain damage.
Ezreal	Ezreal is a lot of champions counter, but not against Kai'Sa. You can clear the minion wave faster with Icathain rain. Your Supercharge can output faster attack speed and when Ezreal use Arcane Shift you can use Killer Instinct to catch him.

Hard Counters
Draven	Draven has very high damage that can out class you in early and late game. His Spinning Axe is very high, his Stand Aside can catch knock you aside and cancel your auto attack.
Vayne	Vayne Silver Bolt damage burst is very high and can harass you effectively in early game because you both have the similar attack range. Vayne Tumble with her Ultimate to go invisible and counter you as well.

Support Partners

Braum	Braum is a good defensive and aggressive support, his Winter's Bite is a great harass ability that can procs very high damage with Kai'Sa Passive Second skins.
Blitzcrank	Blitzcrank is a great support that can lane very well with Kai'Sa, the Rocket Grab can hook the enemy and Isolate them to take all the damage from Icathain Rain.
Alistar	Alistar is a good tank and defensive support that can play well with Kai'Sa. When getting ganked Alistar can use Headbutt to knock the enemy away, and Pulverize to knock p the enemy and can turn the fight around.
Seraphine	Seraphine is a healer / aggressive support that work great with Kai'Sa, her Ultimate Encore can charm a lot of enemies, she ccan also heal with her Surround Sound and use Beat Drop and High note to zone out the enemy in lane.
Sona	Sona is a healer / aggressive support that lane well with Kai'Sa. Sona Hymn of Valor can boost Kai'Sa attack damage, heal with Aria of Perseverance, and boost mobility with Song of Celerity.
Soraka	Soraka is a healer and defensive support that can lane well with Kai'Sa. She can heal you with her Astral Infusion, and Wish. Her Stacall and Equinox is also a good ability to harass as well.
Lulu	LuLu is an aggressive and defensive support that can play well with Kai'Sa. She can shield you with Help Pix and Boost your Move and attack speed with Whimpsy. LuLu Ultimate can also strengthen you during team fight as well.
Nami	Nami is a good aggressive and support that can use Aqua Prison to harass the enemy in lane, and use Ebb and Flow to heal you, plus her Ultimate can disengage the enemy from targeting you as well.
Janna	Janna is a decent support that can play with Kai'Sa. Janna is a healer support that can heal and knock up the enemy with her Ultimate and shield you with the Eye of the Storm.