We knew how Kai'sa would turn out.

Craft Zeppelin·9/11/2019, 1:29:20 AM·139 votes·22,451 views

The only champion that is allowed to do hybrid damage and true damage and dish out DPS was traditionally Kog'maw. That was because he was unbelievably immobile, weak early and has a specific buildpath with a huge price tag so he won't get out of control. (Unless buffed by a enchanter)

...Just why is Kai'sa able to bypass nearly every weakness Kog has aside from range and be fine with it? To me this champion is far more problematic than Yasuo/Irelia/Akali like anyone would rant about. You cannot build against her, she is really hard to shut down and does not have a defined weak phase. Like why would you NOT pick her. She is 32% pickrate which is 10% higher than Lee or Ezreal which goes even higher if you go up in tiers (39% in diamond). You just created a "must pick" champion.

131 Comments

Kazekiba9/11/2019, 2:20:56 AM49 votes

I dont think she has True damage in her kit but regardless, thats what you get when you make a champion specifically to be "Vayne 2.0"

JackMcCarry9/11/2019, 4:59:23 AM25 votes

Her Q damage is nuts and honestly no one can duel her, i think she's waaaay worse than Vayne in design. Yes people go RRRREEEE over vayne's true damage, but Kai'sa hybrid damage + % health damage does it's job just aswell, but with kai'sa's added mobility, invisibility, blink and shield.

Her damage is just too much, when i play adc i cant duel her cause she outdamages me, when i play top i cant tank her because no item will actually be enough to soak her damage, and unlike Kog' she's self reliant and nimble. Only ones who i see reliably get her are assassins with 4x times her mobility.

Keiaga9/11/2019, 3:14:27 AM16 votes

You underestimate the value of having (one of?) the longest auto attack range in the game while having the strongest auto attacks

preternatural9/11/2019, 2:26:45 AM13 votes

kogmaw out damages kaisa by a lot a lot. it's honestly not even close.

people honestly have no real grasp on just how much dmg kog can do, if you think kai'sa is broken just wait for a tank meta to roll by and see kog eat everything in his path.

Rαy9/11/2019, 8:47:02 AM13 votes

Due to terrible balancing choices, League has faced the 'Dragon Ball problem': in order to sell, every new thing has to be bigger, stronger and flashier than the rest.

Riot kind of forgot that successful, new designs can be kept simple: e.g. Warwick/Nunu rework.

PlsRitoRepairS109/11/2019, 8:57:55 AM12 votes

Fun fact. Kai'sa was in S-A tier since her release. :v