Hybrid ADC build for calculated dives: Kai'Sa is valuable when she can first DPS from reasonable range, then choose the right moment to switch into aggressive execution. The build must therefore preserve that double life instead of locking her into one profile.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,050 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,350 total cost +300gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,250 total cost +200g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,900 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,350 total cost +450gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,250 total cost +350gShare of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Kai'Sa generates value through evolutions and passive scaling with attack speed and AP. Hybrid build maximizes burst while maintaining DPS.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
Kai'his depends on his attack speed to stack the passive plasma faster and evolve earlier.
Strengthens trades before his upgrades, moment when she is still vulnerable.
Your plasma passive builds on still-healthy targets — the bonus rides every climb toward the proc.
Omnivamp on Q DPS and autos — your R dive comes back with HP to spend.
Covers your R landing in the fray — three blunted hits on top of the shield.
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
