How the fuck am I supposed to build against Kai'Sa?

TrikzterzArma·Sep 27, 2018·3 votes·2,623 views

She does magic damage, physical damage, %hp damage. What the fuck am I supposed to build do stop her from oneshoting me? What the fuck is wrong with the balance team??? Is it THAT hard to nerf her?

11 Comments

DuskDaUmbreonSep 27, 20183 votes

She takes a lot of time to ramp up, given she needs 5 autos to proc her passive and always gets Rageblade. She'll never one-shot you, because the way she's designed simply doesn't allow it. Her passive's %hp is also %missing HP, meaning in any 1v1 you'll need a second passive proc to deal heavy damage.

As an ADC, tbh just build crit with a Maw. Enchanters: just use your kit. Tank/Jugg/Diver: item 3194 , since it cuts her passive, Rageblade, and Nashor's damage on you. Skirmisher: Maw and use your defensive ability well. Assassins just need to faceroll at her after she's used ult, with maybe a Maw. Mages just need to kill her from a distance and avoid her W (since she'd need to land it to be able to reach you), and short-ranged mages that typically already get health should probably consider item 3194 .

Legit, just get item 3194 if you can. It's an automatic 20% damage reduction against most of her kit. item 3110 does wonders as well.

AlzonSep 27, 20181 votes

Fed Kai’Sa with two items will 100-0 anyone in under 1.5 sec. Stormrazor + Rageblade, with both stacked. It’s literally how she’s designed.

But if she’s not fed, you can actually itemize against her damage. Otherwise, the best course of action is just to build more damage and dogpile her.

ZackTheWaffleManSep 27, 20182 votes

item 3047 item 3194

ManslayerSep 27, 20182 votes

Poorly designed champ, the best way to counter her is with more damage or pure focus fire + cc. Every Kai'sa will R into your entire team anyways so you might as well one shot her.

Other than that, no amount of tank items will protect you, you just have to kill her faster and that usually involves teammates.

TegashSep 27, 20182 votes

build attackspeed nerfs. frozen heart, randuin's, thornmail. prioritize one based on the situation.

randuin's against stormrazor
thornmail against guinsoo or nashor's
frozen heart if you absolutely need cooldowns

you should have frozen heart and at least one other of your choice by the end of the game. it will slow her attack speed by 15% just by her being near you, and a further 15% as long as she's attacking you.

to prevent her ramping magic damage, build adaptive helm. it will shut down her passive because after the first proc, all further procs are reduced by 20%. she deals magic damage, NOT true damage.

ninja tabis because duh.

you want lots of health. if you can do so and it benefits your champion, i'd recommend warmog's and sunfire cape. other options are fine but these i like for two reasons.

warmog's undoes her W and Q poke.
sunfire cape damages her regardless of whether she's invisible or not.

this is a good start if youre a tank. other classes has few options to deal with her, but adaptive helm is a CRUCIAL part of shutting down her damage.