By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
Daughter of the Void
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (9,209 games).
Kai'Sa, Daughter of the Void, upgrades each of her basic abilities once her items give her enough stats, and Killer Instinct dashes her near an enemy champion. Lethal Tempo was on almost every counted Master+ Kai'Sa. Yunara, Draven and Ashe beat her most often among the bot laners people pair her with. She came out ahead of Ezreal and Jhin.
MarksmanMage
Patch 26.18 · Bot · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 9,209 games · Preview sample
9,209
Games
Very High
Confidence
55.1%Win Rate
Flash
Barrier54.2%Win Rate
Flash
Exhaust
This exact page: taken in 14.7% of games·51.3% win rate over 1,355 games.
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.
Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.
Get some gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.
Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice. Upon reaching level 6, gain an Elixir of Force. Upon reaching level 9, gain an Elixir of Skill.
Press the Attack1.6% taken · 41.1% win146 games
First Strike1.1% taken · 32.4% win102 games
Fleet Footwork0.5% taken · 53.3% win45 gamesPrecision + Inspiration96.3% taken · 49.9% win8,866 games
Inspiration + Sorcery0.9% taken · 25.3% win87 games
Precision + Resolve0.9% taken · 50.0% win82 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Kai'Sa's most common path.
QKai'Sa shoots a swarm of missiles that seek out nearby targets.
Cooldown 10/9/8/7/6s · 55 Mana
WKai'Sa shoots a long range missile, marking enemies with her passive.
Cooldown 20/18.5/17/15.5/14s · 55/60/65/70/75 Mana
EKai'Sa briefly increases her Move Speed, then increases her Attack Speed.
Cooldown 16/14.5/13/11.5/10s · 30 Mana
RKai'Sa dashes near an enemy champion.
Cooldown 130/100/70s · 100 ManaMax Q first, then E, then W. Take R whenever available (6 / 12 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QIcathian Rain | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WVoid Seeker | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| ESupercharge | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RKiller Instinct | R | R | R |
How Kai'Sa performs against enemy bot laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
Kai'SaBot average
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Close the gap early — it wins at range and at three items — neither before ten minutes
Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Punish the cooldown — Kai'Sa is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 6/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PSecond Skin
Kai'Sa's basic attacks stack Plasma, dealing increasing bonus magic damage. Allies' immobilizing effects help stack Plasma. Additionally, Kai'Sa's item purchases upgrade her basic spells to have more powerful properties.
Passive — never cast
QIcathian Rain
Kai'Sa shoots a swarm of missiles that seek out nearby targets.Living Weapon: Icathian Rain is upgraded to shoot more missiles.
Cost 55 ManaCooldown 10/9/8/7/6sRange 600
WVoid Seeker
Kai'Sa shoots a long range missile, marking enemies with her passive.Living Weapon: Void Seeker is upgraded to apply more passive marks and reduce cooldown on champion hit.
Cost 55/60/65/70/75 ManaCooldown 20/18.5/17/15.5/14sRange 3000
ESupercharge
Kai'Sa briefly increases her Move Speed, then increases her Attack Speed.Living Weapon: Supercharge is upgraded to briefly grant Invisibility.
Cost 30 ManaCooldown 16/14.5/13/11.5/10sRange 1
RKiller Instinct
Kai'Sa dashes near an enemy champion.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 130/100/70sRange 2000/2500/3000
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Kai'Sa in 4 patches. The latest is patch 26.15, published 2026-07-28.
PSecond Skin
Despite the recent buff, Kai’sa remains weaker than expected, especially late game for a marksman who is supposed to hyperscale to make up for her short range. We’re tapping up her scaling to help her output as she nears her final form.
WVoid Seeker
RKiller Instinct
Kai'Sa has struggled to get through lane and find her big Killer Instinct moments, so we're buffing her fallback W pattern early and her later-game backline dive threat.
Base Stats
RKiller Instinct
Kai'Sa has been the most picked solo queue ADC in most ranks for months on end, so we're delivering a small nerf to create more variety in the role. The primary nerf is to her base armor, where a bit less early safety should make her feel more assailable.
Base Stats
RKiller Instinct
Kai'sa is intended to be weak early in the game, but her current state is so weak there's not much reason to pick her over other ADCs. We're giving her some breathing room in lane by upping her armor and health regen while also giving her more frequent access to her most exciting tool, her ultimate.
Riot's data lists 16 looks for Kai'Sa with their own art, the base skin included and 63 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Kai'Sa | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 640 | =48th | 620 |
| Health per level | 102 | =107th | 104 |
| Base armor | 25 | =121st | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.2 | =122nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 33 | =4th | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 1.1 | =145th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 59 | =86th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.644 | =96th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 1.8% | 142nd | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 335 | =74th | 335 |
| Attack range | 525 | =46th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 640 | +102 | 2374 | =99th of 173 |
| Mana | 345 | +40 | 1025 | 85th of 145 |
| Armor | 25 | +4.2 | 96.4 | =150th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 33 | +1.1 | 51.7 | =141st of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Kai'Sa, Daughter of the Void, is a Marksman and Mage champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 6/10 for difficulty, 8/10 for attack, 5/10 for defense and 3/10 for magic. Kai'Sa spends Mana and has 16 skins with their own art.
Claimed by the Void when she was only a child, Kai'Sa managed to survive through sheer tenacity and strength of will. Her experiences have made her a deadly hunter and, to some, the harbinger of a future they would rather not live to see. Having entered into an uneasy symbiosis with a living Void carapace, the time will soon come when she must decide whether to forgive those mortals who would call her a monster, and defeat the coming darkness together… or simply to forget, as the Void consumes the world that left her behind.
Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 5 March 2018.
8 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.
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