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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions
Marksman
Fighter

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Kai'Sa

based on 863 Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League matches each week. Within our database, Kai'Sa engaged Rek'Sai in 863 matches. With so many games with Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare actionable stats and a recommended build to wreck your rival. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Kai'Sa has to counter Rek'Sai in only 0.5% of her games.

Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a below average job of beating Rek'Sai. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.8% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai matches, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Rek'Sai.

Best Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRecurve Bow

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

StormrazorBlade of The Ruined KingGuinsoo's RagebladeNashor's Tooth

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Rek'Sai Image
7.9
< Kills >
7.1
6.1
< Deaths >
6.4
6.3
< Assists >
7.7
1.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
185
< Minions Killed >
35
0.24
< Dragons Killed >
1.32
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.42
12,349
< Physical Damage >
13,662
8,403
< Magic Damage >
77
440
< True Damage >
3,441
21,192
< Damage Dealt >
17,181
19,529
< Damage Taken >
35,304
12,650
< Gold Earned >
11,768
2.22
< Towers >
1.43
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
4,242
< Total Healing >
16,830
12,789
< Experience >
13,368
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
6
47
< Time Dealing CC >
285

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Kai'Sa against Rek'Sai matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rek'Sai..

Kai'Sa often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Rek'Sai?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when playing against Rek'Sai, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Rek'Sai.

While Kai'Sa does have a lower winrate compared to Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kai'Sa into Rek'Sai.

Additionally, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Kai'Sa is a somewhat poor counter for Rek'Sai. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Rek'Sai.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.9% winrateLeonaLeona42.6% winrateNilahNilah42.8% winrateTeemoTeemo43.1% winrate

Kai'Sa Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.6% winrateZeriZeri52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

AniviaAnivia+ 49.8% 2069 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 49.9% 9592 GamesZyraZyra+ 49.9% 5766 GamesLilliaLillia+ 49.9% 8804 Games

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 863 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rek'Sai as Kai'Sa comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Kai'Sa Build Rek'Sai Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa to counter Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa typically racks up much more CS as Rek'Sai. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Rek'Sai build consist of Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Rek'Sai than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Rek'Sai with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Rek'Sai as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kai'Sa vs Rek'Sai counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.

If you want to get Kai'Sa x Rek'Sai tips and counter builds for a a specific player tier, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies shown are calculated using all matches played with both champs.