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

Kai'Sa vs Pantheon

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

based on 7,250 Kai'Sa vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our database, Kai'Sa faced off against Pantheon in 7250 rounds. Having so many games with Kai'Sa versus Pantheon provides us faith in our ability to provide actionable data and a supported build to crush your enemy. This particular champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Kai'Sa encounters Pantheon in only 4.5% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a poor job of beating Pantheon. On average, she wins a lowly 47.3% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Pantheon matches, Kai'Sa’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Pantheon.

Best Kai'Sa vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothGuinsoo's RagebladeZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Guardian AngelShadowflameBloodthirsterRabadon's Deathcap

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 ForceArmor
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
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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 Pantheon as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Pantheon

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 Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Kai'Sa vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Pantheon Image
7.9
< Kills >
7.5
6.7
< Deaths >
6.9
6.5
< Assists >
7.5
1.86
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
178
< Minions Killed >
105
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.44
12,114
< Physical Damage >
19,619
8,160
< Magic Damage >
746
416
< True Damage >
1,224
20,692
< Damage Dealt >
21,590
20,676
< Damage Taken >
26,258
12,622
< Gold Earned >
11,399
2.11
< Towers >
1.73
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,315
< Total Healing >
5,188
12,873
< Experience >
13,086
18
< Vision Score >
30
9
< Wards Placed >
13
45
< Time Dealing CC >
72

How to Counter Pantheon with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several significant Kai'Sa against Pantheon counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Pantheon..

Kai'Sa typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Pantheon. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Pantheon

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Pantheon?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Pantheon, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Pantheon.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate than Pantheon, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Pantheon.

Additionally, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. 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 in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Pantheon matchups, Pantheon is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a bad counter for Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Pantheon.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 7,250 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 Pantheon 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa in order to counter Pantheon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa often gets more CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Kai'Sa versus Pantheon build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Kai'Sa bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Pantheon than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when countering Pantheon with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of beating Pantheon as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Kai'Sa vs Pantheon counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Kai'Sa vs Pantheon tips and builds for a a particular division rank, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and guides displayed are computed using all games run with these champs.