So an ADC deals % missing health as magic damage

TakaDama·3/10/2018, 12:36:59 PM·1 votes·313 views

Kai'sa that is ... I know, my fault for not knowing her kit that well. I should be used to this with Vayne, Varus, and, to some extent, Mini-Gnar.

However, I have to ask how one effectively itemizes against her then if playing a juggernaut? It seems like she builds Guinsoo's in its current iteration and gets a massive power spike. Which leads me to think Warden's Mail and Tabi, but with that passive dealing magic damage as opposed to physical damage, one cannot simply build armor to mitigate her damage.

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Ahristocats3/10/2018, 12:49:49 PM2 votes

those champions all deals over 80% of their damage as physical vayne included

kog is the real issue where you can't build against him because it's really 50/50

Nut on my Butt3/10/2018, 12:54:56 PM2 votes

It's a 5 hit passive(that also stacks on hard cc), so attack speed slows work. Also since it's based off missing hp, if having armor mitigate dmg from her Q and auto attacks technically mitigates it as well. You're probably gonna want an MR item if they have a balanced team anyway.

Eclairius3/10/2018, 1:03:37 PM2 votes

You can't use MR and armor efficiently against her because she is hybrid, however she can't use pen item efficiently for the same reason. Health might be more effective (unless she build item 3036 or item 3153 ) Juggernaut will have a hard time against Kai'Sa because she can kite, poke, and is a bit mobile. It might be more usefull to take item that provide you a mean to catch/stick to her, survive while catching/when at melee, and kill her. item 3812 item 3800 item 3053 item 3078 item 3156 However, heavy defense items will still be needed. item 3075 item 3143 item 3065 item 3047 item 3742

The choice of your items will then depend what part of her kit pose the most threat to you. In the case where it's the passive, item 3047 with item 3065 (more healing and pure defensive stats) or item 3156 (magic burst protection + damage) or item 3053 (burst protection + damage + tenacity).

JackMcSnipeyz3/10/2018, 12:50:56 PM1 votes

You deal with her, by building AS slows, thorn and frozen heart are nice, she's also immobile, her only mobility is to engage and that's it. Honestly one of the most underwhelming champs to be released recently.