Kai'Sa vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Kai'Sa
based on 15,538 Kai'Sa vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kai'Sa vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Kai'Sa vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Kai'Sa vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Kai'Sa in LoL
The stats shown here show several vital Kai'Sa vs. Caitlyn counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Caitlyn..
Kai'Sa typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kai'Sa and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when trying to fight Caitlyn, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter for Caitlyn.
While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate than Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kai'Sa into Caitlyn.
Furthermore, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kai'Sa is a terribly counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kai'Sa to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kai'Sa usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Caitlyn build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Caitlyn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when countering Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Caitlyn as Kai'Sa, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Kai'Sa vs Caitlyn counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.
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