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

Kai'Sa vs Ivern

How to Beat Ivern as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Ivern as Kai'Sa

based on 1,688 Kai'Sa vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
43.2 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Ivern as Kai'Sa resulted from an evaluation of 1688 ranked games where both champs faced off against one another. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Kai'Sa fights Ivern in only 1.1% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a awful job of countering Ivern. On average, she wins a lowly 43.2% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Kai'Sa against Ivern matches, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Ivern.

Best Kai'Sa vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

StormsurgeMuramanaWit's EndStatikk Shiv

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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
9
Q
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Ivern as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Kai'Sa vs Ivern Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
43.2 %
VS
Win Rate
56.8 %
Ivern Image
7.1
< Kills >
2.5
6.1
< Deaths >
4.6
5.7
< Assists >
13.9
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
0.53
182
< Minions Killed >
19
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
1.21
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.6
11,457
< Physical Damage >
2,751
7,649
< Magic Damage >
6,074
379
< True Damage >
1,052
19,485
< Damage Dealt >
9,878
19,587
< Damage Taken >
16,809
12,322
< Gold Earned >
9,929
2.04
< Towers >
2.08
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
4,240
< Total Healing >
6,225
12,433
< Experience >
12,721
17
< Vision Score >
26
8
< Wards Placed >
7
48
< Time Dealing CC >
264

How to Counter Ivern with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore some critical Kai'Sa against Ivern counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ivern. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Kai'Sa normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Ivern. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Ivern

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Ivern?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when playing against Ivern, with a 43.2% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Ivern.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower win rate than Ivern, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Ivern.

Additionally, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a bad counter to Ivern. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Ivern.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.9% winrateLeonaLeona42.6% winrateNilahNilah42.8% winrateTeemoTeemo43.1% winrate

Kai'Sa Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.6% winrateZeriZeri52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Ivern as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 1,688 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 Ivern 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.

Other Useful Resources

Kai'Sa Build Ivern Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa in order to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa usually racks up much more CS as Ivern. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Ivern build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Ivern than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 43.2% when playing against Ivern with this build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Ivern as Kai'Sa, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kai'Sa vs Ivern battles, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.2% win rate overall.

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