Caitlyn vs Kai'Sa
How to Beat Kai'Sa as Caitlyn
based on 15,538 Caitlyn vs Kai'Sa matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Kai'Sa
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.
Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.
Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.
Caitlyn vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats
How to Counter Kai'Sa with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Caitlyn against Kai'Sa matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences between these two champs. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kai'Sa..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Kai'Sa
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Kai'Sa?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a good counter for Kai'Sa.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Caitlyn into Kai'Sa.
Furthermore, Caitlyn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Kai'Sa matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is an above average counter for Kai'Sa. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Kai'Sa.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Kai'Sa during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Caitlyn versus Kai'Sa build consist of The Collector, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Kai'Sa than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 52.8% battling Kai'Sa with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Kai'Sa as Caitlyn, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Caitlyn vs Kai'Sa counters, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Caitlyn are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.