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

Kai'Sa vs Lissandra

How to Beat Lissandra as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
Marksman
Mage

How to Beat Lissandra as Kai'Sa

based on 2,092 Kai'Sa vs Lissandra matchups
Win Rate
45.4 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Lissandra as Kai'Sa resulted from an examination of 2092 ranked games where both champions clashed against each other. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Kai'Sa fights Lissandra in only 1.3% of her games.

Kai'Sa vs Lissandra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a awful job of beating Lissandra. On average, she wins a lowly 45.4% of the time the champions face one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Lissandra rounds, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Lissandra.

Best Kai'Sa vs Lissandra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
TerminusKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

MuramanaZhonya's HourglassStormsurgeRunaan'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

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Lissandra as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Lissandra

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 Lissandra

Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.

Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.

Kai'Sa vs Lissandra Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
45.4 %
VS
Win Rate
54.6 %
Lissandra Image
7.5
< Kills >
5.8
6.3
< Deaths >
6.1
6.3
< Assists >
8.9
1.73
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
182
< Minions Killed >
165
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
11,966
< Physical Damage >
1,152
8,204
< Magic Damage >
18,649
414
< True Damage >
956
20,585
< Damage Dealt >
20,758
19,965
< Damage Taken >
21,988
12,526
< Gold Earned >
11,264
2.07
< Towers >
1.95
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,318
< Total Healing >
3,325
12,797
< Experience >
14,069
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
10
47
< Time Dealing CC >
497

How to Counter Lissandra with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several critical Kai'Sa versus Lissandra counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lissandra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lissandra..

Kai'Sa normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Lissandra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Lissandra

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Lissandra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Lissandra

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Lissandra?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when facing off against Lissandra, with a 45.4% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter to Lissandra.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower winrate compared to Lissandra, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Lissandra.

Furthermore, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lissandra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Kai'Sa is a terribly counter for Lissandra. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Lissandra.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Lissandra as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 2,092 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 Lissandra 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 to counter Lissandra during both the early game 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 stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lissandra. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Lissandra build include Terminus, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Lissandra than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 45.4% when playing against Lissandra with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Lissandra as Kai'Sa, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kai'Sa vs Lissandra counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lissandra as Kai'Sa are given for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu located above.