Darius vs Kai'Sa
How to Beat Kai'Sa as Darius
based on 5,575 Darius vs Kai'Sa matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Kai'Sa
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats
How to Counter Kai'Sa with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Darius against Kai'Sa matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kai'Sa..
Darius usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Kai'Sa
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Who is Better, Darius or Kai'Sa?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a good counter for Kai'Sa.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Darius into Kai'Sa.
Moreover, Darius has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Kai'Sa matchups, Darius is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Darius is a decent counter for Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Kai'Sa.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Darius versus Kai'Sa build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Darius incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Kai'Sa than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Kai'Sa with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Kai'Sa as Darius, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Darius vs Kai'Sa battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Darius are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.