Lee Sin vs Kai'Sa
How to Beat Kai'Sa as Lee Sin
based on 4,897 Lee Sin vs Kai'Sa matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Kai'Sa
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Advice to Win Against Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.
Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.
Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.
Lee Sin vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats
How to Counter Kai'Sa with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown here feature some critical Lee Sin versus Kai'Sa matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kai'Sa..
Lee Sin often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Kai'Sa
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Kai'Sa?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually wins when taking on Kai'Sa, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a good counter for Kai'Sa.
While Lee Sin does have a higher win rate than Kai'Sa, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lee Sin into Kai'Sa.
Additionally, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Kai'Sa matchups, Lee Sin is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a decent counter for Kai'Sa. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Kai'Sa.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin most often gets a lot less CS as Kai'Sa. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Kai'Sa build include Maw of Malmortius, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Kai'Sa than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average winrate of 51.9% battling Kai'Sa with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Kai'Sa as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Lee Sin vs Kai'Sa face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.9% winrate overall.
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