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

Kai'Sa vs Vladimir

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

How to Beat Vladimir as Kai'Sa

based on 4,666 Kai'Sa vs Vladimir matchups
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League matches every week. In our dataset, Kai'Sa battled Vladimir 4666 times. With so many games with Kai'Sa vs Vladimir gives us faith in our capability to provide enlightening data and a supported build to defeat Vladimir. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Kai'Sa has to counter Vladimir in only 2.9% of her matches.

Kai'Sa vs Vladimir Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a pathetic job of beating Vladimir. On average, she wins a lowly 46.3% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Vladimir rounds, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.2% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Vladimir.

Best Kai'Sa vs Vladimir Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

BloodthirsterShadowflameRunaan's HurricaneNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal 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 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
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Vladimir as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Vladimir

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 Vladimir

Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.

Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.

Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.

Kai'Sa vs Vladimir Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
Vladimir Image
7.6
< Kills >
6.4
6.1
< Deaths >
5.2
6.1
< Assists >
6.2
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.44
183
< Minions Killed >
184
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.46
12,861
< Physical Damage >
999
8,548
< Magic Damage >
22,923
449
< True Damage >
368
21,859
< Damage Dealt >
24,291
20,003
< Damage Taken >
32,910
12,527
< Gold Earned >
11,803
2.17
< Towers >
2.07
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,389
< Total Healing >
28,087
12,747
< Experience >
14,914
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
47
< Time Dealing CC >
120

How to Counter Vladimir with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats shown on this page show some strategic Kai'Sa versus Vladimir matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between these two champs. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vladimir..

Kai'Sa often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Vladimir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Vladimir

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Vladimir
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Vladimir

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Vladimir?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when facing off against Vladimir, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Vladimir.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate than Vladimir, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Vladimir.

Furthermore, Kai'Sa also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Kai'Sa is a trash counter to Vladimir. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Vladimir.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Vladimir as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 4,666 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 Vladimir 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 Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Vladimir. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Kai'Sa versus Vladimir build consist of Guardian Angel, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Vladimir than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 46.3% battling Vladimir with this counter build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Vladimir 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. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kai'Sa vs Vladimir counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.3% winrate overall.

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