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

Kai'Sa vs Lee Sin

How to Beat Lee Sin as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lee Sin as Kai'Sa

based on 4,897 Kai'Sa vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games each week. In our database, Kai'Sa did battle with Lee Sin in 4897 matches. With so many matchups for Kai'Sa versus Lee Sin provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide enlightening data and a supported build to destroy your rival. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Kai'Sa has to counter Lee Sin in only 3.1% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a below average job of countering Lee Sin. Typically, she wins a lowly 48.1% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Kai'Sa versus Lee Sin rounds, Kai'Sa’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Lee Sin.

Best Kai'Sa vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Guardian AngelZhonya's HourglassPhantom DancerRunaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
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
3
E
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Lee Sin

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 Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Kai'Sa vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Lee Sin Image
7.7
< Kills >
7.3
6.3
< Deaths >
6
6.3
< Assists >
8.5
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
182
< Minions Killed >
35
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
1.55
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.47
12,435
< Physical Damage >
13,496
8,164
< Magic Damage >
2,739
435
< True Damage >
975
21,035
< Damage Dealt >
17,212
19,965
< Damage Taken >
35,311
12,598
< Gold Earned >
11,875
2.17
< Towers >
1.52
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
4,380
< Total Healing >
16,822
12,808
< Experience >
13,377
18
< Vision Score >
25
9
< Wards Placed >
11
46
< Time Dealing CC >
438

How to Counter Lee Sin with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Kai'Sa versus Lee Sin counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lee Sin..

Kai'Sa normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Lee Sin. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Lee Sin?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Lee Sin, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Lee Sin.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate compared to Lee Sin, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kai'Sa into Lee Sin.

Moreover, Kai'Sa also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Lee Sin matchups, Lee Sin is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Kai'Sa is a somewhat poor counter for Lee Sin. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 4,897 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 Lee Sin 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 truly master Kai'Sa to counter Lee Sin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa most often picks up much more CS as Lee Sin. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Kai'Sa versus Lee Sin build include Bloodthirster, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Lee Sin than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 48.1% battling Lee Sin with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Lee Sin as Kai'Sa, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kai'Sa vs Lee Sin LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.

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