Kai Sa is not a good pick for the adc role

The Trent··3 votes·1,579 views

She does not do enough damage for the ADC role. I've seen tons of really skilled Kai'Sas, I'm not saying you're a bad Kai'Sa when I tell you she isn't a good ADC. I've won as Kai'Sa ADC and with Kai'Sa ADCs, everytime we do win they get extremely fed; However, when I did win as Kai'Sa adc, I wished I played someone else because if I had 16 kills on any other ADC, like Tristana, the game would be over. I don't really get it either, but she just does no damage. I personally think it's because she has a really hard time getting close to any champion with CC. That was my problem in my Kai'Sa game. She can get blow up so fast and she's attack speed based, so you can't blow them up in 3 autos. You need to not get cced at all to do damage. She's good at executing their back line and then running away. A good roaming mid lane pick, but at the same time mid has a lot of cc so idk

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KlydeFrog3 votes

Because chances are your build sucks or your taking wrong runes . Either build her on hit and I mean on hit . Rageblade nashors blade of the ruined king and runaans. Or build her damage cri essence reaver runaans static rapid . Or go jungle with her and build lethality on her and watch her q melt people. This is how she should be built

The Trent1 votes

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Because chances are your build sucks or your taking wrong runes . Either build her on hit and I mean on hit . Rageblade nashors blade of the ruined king and runaans. Or build her damage cri essence reaver runaans static rapid . Or go jungle with her and build lethality on her and watch her q melt people. This is how she should be built

This opinion wasn't orginally mine. It started off when ImaQTpie mentioned it. He is a former rank 1 challenger player and makes it to challenger every season. I don't think it has anything to do with my build, his build, my runes or his. Her damage sucks across all games compared to someone like trist. If you're ready to take on the ideology of a challenger player, be my guest. They're not always right, but usually, they are.

KlydeFrog1 votes

Pta essence reaver runaans static are your friends. Depending on your team comp meaning if ad or AP heavy .rageblade then nashors are your friends

Kai Guy3 votes

70% (19W 8L) 2.6 KDA running her bot lane in normal. I'm gonna aim to play 50 games total on her before going to ranked. Not sold that shes bad or unviable, just requires skill and to grind mechanics.

130x2 votes

Kai Sa is OP and cheap as all hell. I ban her every game. Down with these cheesy champions!

Leaf on Bush1 votes

[sg-miss-fortune]

Leaf on Bush2 votes

She can't deal bad damage if you just do the normal ADC build and you have a support who allows you to do ... things. Other roles are harder imo.

Ragnaveil1 votes

Blade is extremely good on her, people say "Oh, but people said it's trash on her" if it's trash, why is it on the recommended. That % Current HP dmg from blade passive helps Kai Sa get high health targets LOWER. Sounds familiar? Yeah, her passive deals MISSING health dmg, which blade helps get targets low into that threshold. I rest my case on that, other than she might need some small buffs (People asking for range, you are gonna have to sac something for it) later on if this winrate % stays the same. She can be a AD, just pick champs that SYNC well with her Plasma, like Thresh and Ali.

Leaf on Bush1 votes

If you feel the need to declare a best item, Kai'Sa might not be a champion for you. Sure % hp damage helps, but so does any other damage. Which is better depends on what you are attacking.

Ragnaveil1 votes

Im just saying that because I keep seeing threads that are like "stop calling her a adc, she's an assassin" Like jesus christ, she's both. Blade's good in most situations, but if you have someone like amumu who can convert magic into true damage, likely wont need it.

Leaf on Bush2 votes

Im just saying that because I keep seeing threads that are like "stop calling her a adc, she's an assassin".

That's normal. Somebody looked at pro builds and because many players tested in the jungle they tell you "Kai'Sa is a jungler"

[sg-miss-fortune]

Ragnaveil1 votes

They mostly say just play her mid. Like what the fuck? Do they realize that AP items were just reworked and mages are the best pick for mid atm? (With the exception of Ekko, who's a AP assassin)

Leaf on Bush1 votes

And all the salty downvotes. NA is so predictable. At least 2 users (who probably didn't have the balls to reply) are exactly as I described it and immediatly felt the need to "defend" themselves with downvotes.

Ragnaveil1 votes

Eh, probably. I just balanced it to 0 with my vote if it helps.

Foxynth1 votes

Shiphtur would disagree.

Kythers1 votes

she feels strong in lane but useless in teamfights

probably better in a solo lane

Kotaro Bokuto1 votes

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she feels strong in lane but useless in teamfights

probably better in a solo lane

Yikes Kai Sa ia living for Teamfights where the backline gets cced and she can r , her laningphase is pretty week it juat doesnt gwt utilized that much

Kythers1 votes

imagine replying to a 2 year old post this was about release Kai'sa

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