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Yone vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Yone in LoLYone is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Yone

based on 9,753 Yone vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
52.2 %
K/D/A
1.74
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League rounds that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Kai'Sa as Yone resulted from an examination of 9753 ranked rounds where both champions clashed against one another. This champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Yone is forced to battle against Kai'Sa in only 4.1% of his rounds.

Yone vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Yone has done a good job of beating Kai'Sa. Typically, he wins a whopping 52.2% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Yone against Kai'Sa matches, Yone’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Yone vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yone Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBlade of The Ruined KingImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBloodthirsterJak'Sho, The ProteanIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yone to level upq
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Second ability for Yone to level upe
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Last skill for Yone to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yone's passive ability p
Yone's q ability q
Yone's w ability w
Yone's e ability e
Yone's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Yone

Advice to Win Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Yone vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Yone Image
Win Rate
52.2 %
VS
Win Rate
47.8 %
Kai'Sa Image
6.8
< Kills >
7.8
6.9
< Deaths >
6.3
5.2
< Assists >
6.2
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
180
< Minions Killed >
179
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.47
15,689
< Physical Damage >
12,139
4,734
< Magic Damage >
7,868
2,732
< True Damage >
452
23,157
< Damage Dealt >
20,459
25,669
< Damage Taken >
20,145
12,361
< Gold Earned >
12,504
2.15
< Towers >
2.12
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,837
< Total Healing >
4,374
15,036
< Experience >
12,853
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
195
< Time Dealing CC >
44

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Yone in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several influential Yone vs. Kai'Sa matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kai'Sa..

Yone often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Kai'Sa. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yone and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Yone
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yone
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Yone or Kai'Sa?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yone usually wins when taking on Kai'Sa, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Yone makes a good counter to Kai'Sa.

While Yone does have a higher winrate compared to Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Yone also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yone into Kai'Saas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Yone also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Yone vs Kai'Sa matchups, Yone is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Yone is a good counter to Kai'Sa. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yone against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yone

Yone Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.8% winrateNilahNilah45.4% winrateTaricTaric45.8% winrateMaokaiMaokai45.9% winrate

Yone Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee56.5% winrateYuumiYuumi55.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani53.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner53.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TeemoTeemo+ 53.4% 15737 GamesMordekaiserMordekaiser+ 53.8% 13512 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.1% 16893 GamesSingedSinged+ 54.7% 3980 Games

Additional Information for Yone Players

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

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Yone, we analyzed 9,753 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 Kai'Sa as Yone 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Yone in order to counter Kai'Sa 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yone typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kai'Sa. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Yone versus Kai'Sa build consist of Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Kai'Sa than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Yone boasted an average winrate of 52.2% when playing against Kai'Sa with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Kai'Sa as Yone, Yone players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Yone vs Kai'Sa counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.

If you need to view Yone x Kai'Sa tips and builds for a an individual player tier, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides given are computed using every match with data with these champs.