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Kai'Sa ARAM Build 26.21

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Kai'Sa feasts on a team with no room to spread out. Icathian Rain floods the clumped enemies with missiles, her passive melts their health as the endless brawl rages, and Killer Instinct dives onto a marked target in the thick of it. Buy full core items and she snowballs the constant 5v5 into a rout.

#63 of 170 champions this patch · 406 games
Win rate51.2%+2.5Games406Pick rate12.3%Last 8 patches+2.0 since 26.14Damage profilei
AP
AD
AP 54%AD 44%True 1%
DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals
ModernARAMCounter
ARAM BalanceDamage taken-10%Attack speed+2%1 ability change ↓

Kai'Sa Item Build

Kai'Sa's item purchases literally rewrite her spells, and where the Rift lets her tune that evolution to a specific matchup, the Abyss simply wants the damage and attack speed that upgrade Icathian Rain into a clump-shredder. Second Skin stacks Plasma faster the more she attacks, so every point of offense loops back into her passive burst. She skips the perfect counter-item for the stats that upgrade her missiles fastest and lets a fight that never resets do the rest.

Standard loadout · Kai'Sa The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1350g Refillable Potion×1Lost Chapter×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Berserker's Greaves67% · 52.4%Sorcerer's Shoes33% · 49.5%
Situational items
vs AD threatsbuy this gamePhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.ZZhonya's Hourglass3357.6%
vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.TTerminus10253.9%SShadowflame8251.2%MMuramana4348.8%

Best Kai'Sa Runes

Lethal Tempo favors a marksman who wants to keep firing into the Abyss clump, where Kai'Sa stacks plasma across a grouped team before diving the weakest link. Her kit thrives on staying alive to reach her evolves, so the page supports the uptime and safety that let her fire and reposition around the endless fight.

The pre-game page Lethal Tempo · Precision + Domination · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Precision Primary Lethal TempoAttacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. Presence of Mind67% · 52.0%Legend: Bloodline45% · 53.8%Coup de Grace69% · 51.6% Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Domination, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Domination Secondary Taste of Blood80% · 50.5%Treasure Hunter79% · 51.9%
Stat shards OffenseAttack Speed+10% Attack SpeedFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)
Chase Kraken Slayer then Guinsoo's Rageblade and dive Kai'Sa into the packed bridge. Icathian Rain shreds a clumped team while her plasma stacks tear through them, then Killer Instinct lets her leap onto a marked target in the pile and slip back out. With no recall to top off, build the damage that powers the reset.

Kai'Sa Skill Order

Supercharge takes over from 8 onward and keeps taking points through 15, the reverse of Rift practice where Void Seeker is the second ability finished. The Abyss rewards attack speed and the sustained fire it feeds, so Void Seeker sits on its opening rank until 16.

Skill order · Kai'Sa R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›WW›QQ›EE›Max W first; Q at level 1.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q19111314max 14
W2457810max 10
E3151618max 18
R61217max 17
Icathian Rain floods the clump with missiles while Supercharge keeps her firing and mobile, so put W first to reach the evolve that matters most, then Q, then E. Every point pushes her closer to shredding a grouped team. Hold Killer Instinct to dive a plasma-marked target once the fight breaks open.

Kai'Sa ARAM Abilities

Worth knowing on Second Skin: allied crowd control also stacks her plasma, so a good engage support speeds up every detonation without her lifting a finger. Void Seeker is the long range setup, a missile that tags targets with those same marks from a screen away.

Abilities on the Abyss · Kai'Sapatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
Second SkinPassivePIcathian RainMax 2ndQVoid SeekerMax 1stWSuperchargeMax lastEKiller InstinctUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
Void SeekerMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 2rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 8MAXDamage+25 per ranklv 230lv 455lv 580lv 7105lv 8130Cost+5 per ranklv 255lv 460lv 565lv 770lv 875Cooldown-1.5 per ranklv 220slv 418.5slv 517slv 715.5slv 814s
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Kai'Sa: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage taken−10%champion tuningAttack speed+2%champion tuningIcathian RainBonus AD ratio changed to 65% bonus AD.

Kai'Sa Base Stats

Base stats · Kai'SaPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD59+2.6AS0.644+1.8%MS335Range525HP640+102HP54+0.55Armor25+4.2MR33+1.1MP345+40MP58.2+0.7
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