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

Kai'Sa vs Jayce

How to Beat Jayce as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Jayce as Kai'Sa

based on 2,100 Kai'Sa vs Jayce matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Jayce as Kai'Sa came out of an evaluation of 2100 ranked games where both champions fought one another. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Kai'Sa has to counter Jayce in only 1.3% of her games.

Kai'Sa vs Jayce Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a poor job of beating Jayce. On average, she wins a lowly 48.0% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Jayce games, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Jayce.

Best Kai'Sa vs Jayce Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

StormsurgeNavori QuickbladesThe CollectorStormrazor

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

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
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
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E
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E
14
W
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W
16
R

Guide to Countering Jayce as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Jayce

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 Jayce

Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.

Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.

If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.

Kai'Sa vs Jayce Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Jayce Image
7.6
< Kills >
6.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.5
6
< Assists >
6.4
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
184
< Minions Killed >
185
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.57
11,571
< Physical Damage >
20,061
7,742
< Magic Damage >
4,326
411
< True Damage >
632
19,724
< Damage Dealt >
25,019
20,223
< Damage Taken >
21,475
12,550
< Gold Earned >
12,449
2.09
< Towers >
2.57
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,325
< Total Healing >
2,779
12,899
< Experience >
14,846
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
46
< Time Dealing CC >
136

How to Counter Jayce with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats shown here feature several important Kai'Sa versus Jayce matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Jayce..

Kai'Sa often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Jayce

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Jayce
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Jayce

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Jayce?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Jayce, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Jayce.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate compared to Jayce, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Jayce.

Moreover, Kai'Sa also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Jayce matchups, Jayce is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Kai'Sa is a bad counter for Jayce. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Jayce.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Jayce as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 2,100 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 Jayce 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa to counter Jayce during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Jayce. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Kai'Sa versus Jayce build consist of Bloodthirster, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Jayce than with many other common builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 48.0% battling Jayce with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating Jayce as Kai'Sa, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kai'Sa vs Jayce clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.

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