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.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Kai'Sa build (Dragon Lane): Kraken Slayer › Blade of the Ruined King › Guinsoo's Rageblade › Terminus › Runaan's Hurricane, boots Berserker's Greaves, keystone Lethal Tempo. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,300 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.
15,000 total cost -300gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,400 total cost +100g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Xayah
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Caitlyn
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Draven
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Lucian
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Best Kai'Sa build (Mid Lane): Kraken Slayer › Blade of the Ruined King › Terminus › Runaan's Hurricane › Nashor's Tooth, boots Berserker's Greaves, keystone Lethal Tempo. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,000 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.
15,000 total costSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,400 total cost +400gScores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Yasuo
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Zyra
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Irelia
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Syndra
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
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.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Kai'Sa generates value through evolutions and passive scaling with attack speed and AP. Hybrid build maximizes burst while maintaining DPS.
Long Sword
True damage proc fast, synergy with the passive Plasma stack
Double on-hit for stack Plasma passive 2x faster
%HP on-hit, stack Plasma faster in fight
Gluttonous Greaves
Stasis
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.
Stasis
Quicksilver
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
