Xayah vs Kai'Sa
How to Beat Kai'Sa as Xayah
based on 2,885 Xayah vs Kai'Sa matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Kai'Sa
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats
How to Counter Kai'Sa with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Xayah against Kai'Sa matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kai'Sa..
Xayah normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Kai'Sa
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Who is Better, Xayah or Kai'Sa?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a good counter to Kai'Sa.
While Xayah does have a higher winrate compared to Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Xayah into Kai'Sa.
Additionally, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Kai'Sa matchups, Xayah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xayah is an above average counter for Kai'Sa. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Kai'Sa.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Xayah versus Kai'Sa build include Rapid Firecannon, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Kai'Sa than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Kai'Sa with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Kai'Sa as Xayah, you should take 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 builds that we analyzed for Xayah vs Kai'Sa counters, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.
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