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

Kai'Sa vs Sivir

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

based on 2,231 Kai'Sa vs Sivir matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our database, Kai'Sa faced Sivir in 2231 rounds. Including so many games with Kai'Sa versus Sivir provides us confidence in our capability to prepare informative stats and a supported build to suppress your opponent. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Kai'Sa has to counter Sivir in only 1.4% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Sivir Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a awful job of countering Sivir. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.6% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Sivir games, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Sivir.

Best Kai'Sa vs Sivir 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

Navori QuickbladesWit's EndBlade of The Ruined KingStatikk 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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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Q
2
W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Sivir

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 Sivir

When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.

Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.

Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.

Kai'Sa vs Sivir Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Sivir Image
7.9
< Kills >
5.7
6
< Deaths >
5.9
6.1
< Assists >
8.4
1.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.31
185
< Minions Killed >
199
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.61
12,545
< Physical Damage >
19,854
8,231
< Magic Damage >
623
447
< True Damage >
388
21,224
< Damage Dealt >
20,865
20,631
< Damage Taken >
19,767
12,752
< Gold Earned >
12,418
2.15
< Towers >
2.77
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,792
< Total Healing >
5,065
13,197
< Experience >
13,420
18
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
48
< Time Dealing CC >
32

How to Counter Sivir with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stats provided here feature some important Kai'Sa against Sivir matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sivir..

Kai'Sa normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Sivir

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Sivir
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Sivir

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Sivir?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Sivir, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter for Sivir.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate than Sivir, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Sivir.

Moreover, Kai'Sa also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing 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 Sivir matchups, Sivir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Kai'Sa is a terribly counter to Sivir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Sivir.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Sivir as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 2,231 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 Sivir 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 truly master Kai'Sa in order to counter Sivir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sivir. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Sivir build include Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Sivir than with most other common builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Sivir with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Sivir 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 combinations players used for Kai'Sa vs Sivir battles, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sivir as Kai'Sa are given for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.