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

Kai'Sa vs Taliyah

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

based on 1,769 Kai'Sa vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our database, Kai'Sa did battle with Taliyah 1769 times. Including so many matchups for Kai'Sa versus Taliyah provides us confidence in our capability to produce informative data and a pro build to suppress Taliyah. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Kai'Sa is forced to battle against Taliyah in only 1.1% of her games.

Kai'Sa vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a dismal job of beating Taliyah. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Kai'Sa vs Taliyah games, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Taliyah.

Best Kai'Sa vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

StormsurgeNavori QuickbladesThe CollectorWit's End

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
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Kai'Sa vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Taliyah Image
7.9
< Kills >
6.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
5.9
< Assists >
8.8
1.84
< Killing Sprees >
1.44
184
< Minions Killed >
122
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.58
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.49
11,995
< Physical Damage >
783
8,099
< Magic Damage >
20,757
406
< True Damage >
1,110
20,501
< Damage Dealt >
22,651
19,860
< Damage Taken >
20,989
12,641
< Gold Earned >
12,184
2.09
< Towers >
1.77
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
4,222
< Total Healing >
4,432
12,874
< Experience >
14,323
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
9
46
< Time Dealing CC >
549

How to Counter Taliyah with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some vital Kai'Sa versus Taliyah counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between this pair of champions. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..

Kai'Sa normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Taliyah

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Taliyah?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Taliyah.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate than Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Taliyah.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a trash counter to Taliyah. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

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

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 1,769 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 Taliyah 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 in order to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown 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 gets more CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Taliyah build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Taliyah than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Taliyah with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Taliyah as Kai'Sa, you should take 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 runes players chose for Kai'Sa vs Taliyah clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Kai'Sa vs Taliyah tips and counter builds for a a specific division rank, please choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and strategies given are computed using all rounds played with these champs.