Syndra vs Kai'Sa
How to Beat Kai'Sa as Syndra
based on 3,646 Syndra vs Kai'Sa matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Kai'Sa
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats
How to Counter Kai'Sa with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Syndra vs. Kai'Sa counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kai'Sa..
Syndra normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Kai'Sa
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Who is Better, Syndra or Kai'Sa?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Syndra usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes a good counter to Kai'Sa.
While Syndra does have a higher win rate compared to Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Syndra also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Kai'Saas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Syndra also has a good 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Kai'Sa matchups, Syndra is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Syndra is a decent counter for Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Kai'Sa.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Syndra in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the lane 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 stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kai'Sa. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Syndra versus Kai'Sa build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Kai'Sa than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Kai'Sa with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Kai'Sa as Syndra, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Syndra vs Kai'Sa face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.
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