Matchup

Sustained DPSHeavy AD damageHigh burst

You are stronger late game — farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Kaisa

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Dusk and Dawn
1Mage tank
Riftmaker
2Mage tank
Zhonya's Hourglass
3vs AD

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Nashor's Tooth
5DPS

Summoner spells

41439%
41221%

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Banshee's Veil
5vs AP

Anti Tank

Shadowflame
5vs Tank
Void Staff
vs Tank
Stormsurge
vs Tank

DPS

Nashor's Tooth
DPS
Rabadon's Deathcap
Mage
Cosmic Drive
Mage tank
100.0% WR2 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
Presence of MindPresence of Mind
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
Last StandLast Stand
ResolveResolve
UnflinchingUnflinching
Bone PlatingBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
GwenGwen
KaisaKaisa
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral

Kaisa's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Second Skin (P)

Kai'Sa's basic attacks stack Plasma, dealing increasing bonus magic damage. Allies' immobilizing effects help stack Plasma. Additionally, Kai'Sa's item purchases upgrade her basic spells to have more powerful properties.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
310s22s16s
68s22s16s2m10
96s20s16s2m10
116s18s16s1m40
166s14s13s1m10
186s14s10s1m10

Playing against Kaisa

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Stay with your minions: her Q spreads missiles among all targets. Isolated, you take all the missiles.

2

Her R can only target enemies marked by passive or W — if she doesn't hit you, she can't R onto you.

3

Kai'Sa has relatively short range (525) and is weak early — punish her with longer-range ADCs.

4

Her W (Void Seeker) applies 2 passive stacks and marks for R: dodge it as priority in mid/late game.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026