Kai'Sa vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Kai'Sa
based on 2,885 Kai'Sa vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kai'Sa vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Kai'Sa vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Kai'Sa vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Kai'Sa in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Kai'Sa versus Xayah counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Kai'Sa usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kai'Sa and Xayah
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Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Xayah?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when facing off against Xayah, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Xayah.
While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate than Xayah, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kai'Sa into Xayah.
Moreover, Kai'Sa has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Xayah matchups, Xayah is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kai'Sa is a garbage counter to Xayah. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa in order to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kai'Sa usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Xayah. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Xayah build include Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Kai'Sa incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Xayah than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 47.2% when countering Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Xayah as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should use 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 combinations players chose for Kai'Sa vs Xayah counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.
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