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

Kai'Sa vs Syndra

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

How to Beat Syndra as Kai'Sa

based on 3,646 Kai'Sa vs Syndra matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games every week. Within our database, Kai'Sa battled Syndra 3646 times. Using so many matchups for Kai'Sa versus Syndra gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare enlightening data and a pro build to defeat Syndra. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Kai'Sa is forced to battle against Syndra in only 2.3% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Syndra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a dismal job of countering Syndra. On average, she wins a lowly 48.1% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Kai'Sa against Syndra rounds, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.2% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Syndra.

Best Kai'Sa vs Syndra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneShadowflameZhonya's HourglassNavori Quickblades

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 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
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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E
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W
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Syndra

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 Syndra

Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.

Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.

At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.

Kai'Sa vs Syndra Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Syndra Image
7.7
< Kills >
6.8
6.3
< Deaths >
5.8
6
< Assists >
6.8
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
185
< Minions Killed >
182
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
11,740
< Physical Damage >
906
8,148
< Magic Damage >
20,197
424
< True Damage >
1,802
20,313
< Damage Dealt >
22,906
20,181
< Damage Taken >
17,904
12,701
< Gold Earned >
12,352
2.17
< Towers >
1.97
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,338
< Total Healing >
1,654
12,995
< Experience >
14,721
18
< Vision Score >
20
9
< Wards Placed >
10
46
< Time Dealing CC >
379

How to Counter Syndra with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several strategic Kai'Sa against Syndra matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Syndra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Syndra..

Kai'Sa often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Syndra. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Syndra

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Syndra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Syndra

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Syndra?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when trying to fight Syndra, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter for Syndra.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate than Syndra, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kai'Sa into Syndra.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Syndra matchups, Syndra is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a somewhat poor counter for Syndra. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Syndra.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Syndra as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 3,646 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 Syndra 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 Syndra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to 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 most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Syndra. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Kai'Sa versus Syndra build include Bloodthirster, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Syndra than with most other common builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 48.1% when countering Syndra with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Syndra as Kai'Sa, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Kai'Sa vs Syndra matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.

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