Taric vs Kai'Sa
How to Beat Kai'Sa as Taric
based on 1,652 Taric vs Kai'Sa matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Kai'Sa
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats
How to Counter Kai'Sa with Taric in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Taric against Kai'Sa matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kai'Sa. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Taric typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Kai'Sa
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Who is Better, Taric or Kai'Sa?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Kai'Sa, with a 55.5% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a fantastic counter to Kai'Sa.
While Taric does have a much higher winrate compared to Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Taric also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Kai'Sa.
Moreover, Taric also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Taric vs Kai'Sa matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Taric is a great counter to Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Taric against Kai'Sa.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taric 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Kai'Sa. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Taric versus Kai'Sa build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Taric bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Kai'Sa than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 55.5% when countering Kai'Sa with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Kai'Sa as Taric, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Taric vs Kai'Sa LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.5% win rate overall.
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