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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Aatrox Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Aatrox

How to Beat Aatrox as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aatrox as Kai'Sa

based on 7,927 Kai'Sa vs Aatrox matchups
Win Rate
44.9 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
4.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League games each and every week. Within our dataset, Kai'Sa faced Aatrox 7927 times. Using so many games with Kai'Sa vs Aatrox provides us a lot of faith in our ability to produce enlightening stats and a supported build to shatter Aatrox. This champion matchup is somewhat uncommon. Kai'Sa fights Aatrox in only 4.9% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Aatrox Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a awful job of countering Aatrox. Normally, she wins a lowly 44.9% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Kai'Sa vs Aatrox matches, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Aatrox.

Best Kai'Sa vs Aatrox Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Guardian AngelPhantom DancerRabadon's DeathcapNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
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Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Aatrox

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Advice to Win Against Aatrox

Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.

Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.

Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.

Kai'Sa vs Aatrox Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
44.9 %
VS
Win Rate
55.1 %
Aatrox Image
7.6
< Kills >
6
6.2
< Deaths >
5.7
6
< Assists >
5.7
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.37
180
< Minions Killed >
167
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.45
12,653
< Physical Damage >
18,466
8,189
< Magic Damage >
3,810
478
< True Damage >
415
21,321
< Damage Dealt >
22,690
19,828
< Damage Taken >
36,077
12,370
< Gold Earned >
11,450
2.01
< Towers >
2.21
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,218
< Total Healing >
14,338
12,536
< Experience >
14,739
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
44
< Time Dealing CC >
242

How to Counter Aatrox with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several influential Kai'Sa versus Aatrox matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..

Kai'Sa often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Aatrox. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Aatrox

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Aatrox
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Aatrox

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Aatrox?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when facing off against Aatrox, with a 44.9% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Aatrox.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower winrate compared to Aatrox, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Aatrox.

Moreover, Kai'Sa also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Kai'Sa is a garbage counter to Aatrox. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Aatrox.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Aatrox Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aatrox as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 7,927 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Aatrox as Kai'Sa comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa in order to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Aatrox build include Bloodthirster, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Aatrox than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 44.9% when playing against Aatrox with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Aatrox as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Kai'Sa vs Aatrox fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.9% winrate overall.

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