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

Kai'Sa vs Ryze

How to Beat Ryze as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Ryze as Kai'Sa

based on 1,480 Kai'Sa vs Ryze matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL games every week. In our data, Kai'Sa fought Ryze 1480 times. Including so many games with Kai'Sa versus Ryze provides us confidence in our capacity to prepare actionable stats and a pro build to crush your opposition. This matchup is relatively rare. Kai'Sa encounters Ryze in only 0.9% of her games.

Kai'Sa vs Ryze Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a pathetic job of countering Ryze. On average, she wins a lowly 45.9% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Ryze rounds, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood versus Ryze.

Best Kai'Sa vs Ryze Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneNavori QuickbladesThe CollectorBlade of The Ruined King

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
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Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ryze as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Ryze

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 Ryze

Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.

Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.

Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.

Kai'Sa vs Ryze Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Ryze Image
7.9
< Kills >
5.9
6
< Deaths >
5.5
6.3
< Assists >
6.5
1.84
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
182
< Minions Killed >
190
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.52
12,775
< Physical Damage >
1,028
8,216
< Magic Damage >
21,935
409
< True Damage >
290
21,400
< Damage Dealt >
23,254
19,910
< Damage Taken >
25,511
12,598
< Gold Earned >
11,989
2.12
< Towers >
2.36
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,474
< Total Healing >
4,195
12,842
< Experience >
15,849
17
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
48
< Time Dealing CC >
89

How to Counter Ryze with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Kai'Sa versus Ryze matchup stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ryze..

Kai'Sa often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Ryze. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Ryze

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Ryze
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Ryze

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Ryze?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Ryze, with a 45.9% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Ryze.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower winrate than Ryze, when on opposite teams, Kai'Sa also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Ryze.

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

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

Kai'Sa is a terribly counter to Ryze. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Ryze.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Ryze as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 1,480 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 Ryze 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa in order to counter Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa usually gets a similar amount of CS as Ryze. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Ryze build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Ryze than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 45.9% battling Ryze with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Ryze as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kai'Sa vs Ryze fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ryze as Kai'Sa are presented for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.