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

Kai'Sa vs Vayne

How to Beat Vayne as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Vayne as Kai'Sa

based on 10,003 Kai'Sa vs Vayne matchups
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
6.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League games that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Vayne as Kai'Sa came out of an evaluation of 10003 ranked matches where both champs opposed one another. This particular pairing is relatively uncommon. Kai'Sa has to counter Vayne in only 6.2% of her matches.

Kai'Sa vs Vayne Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a terrible job of countering Vayne. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.8% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Vayne matches, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood versus Vayne.

Best Kai'Sa vs Vayne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaRabadon's DeathcapStormsurge

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLuden's CompanionPhantom DancerInfinity Edge

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 ForceMagic Resist
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
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Vayne as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Vayne

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 Vayne

Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.

Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Kai'Sa vs Vayne Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
Vayne Image
7.9
< Kills >
7.8
6.4
< Deaths >
6.3
6.2
< Assists >
5.7
1.84
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
180
< Minions Killed >
166
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.53
12,726
< Physical Damage >
15,462
8,039
< Magic Damage >
1,563
433
< True Damage >
4,436
21,199
< Damage Dealt >
21,462
19,773
< Damage Taken >
21,181
12,593
< Gold Earned >
12,309
2.24
< Towers >
2.43
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,254
< Total Healing >
5,960
12,684
< Experience >
12,899
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
45
< Time Dealing CC >
68

How to Counter Vayne with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several influential Kai'Sa versus Vayne matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vayne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Vayne..

Kai'Sa usually has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Vayne. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Vayne

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Vayne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Vayne

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Vayne?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when trying to fight Vayne, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Vayne.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower win rate than Vayne, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Vayne.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a terribly counter for Vayne. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Vayne.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Vayne as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 10,003 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 Vayne 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 to counter Vayne during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vayne. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Kai'Sa versus Vayne build include Muramana, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Stormsurge. When Kai'Sa included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Vayne than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 45.8% battling Vayne with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Vayne as Kai'Sa, you should equip 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 combinations we have analyed for Kai'Sa vs Vayne counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.8% winrate overall.

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