Kai'Sa·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kai'Sa Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick First Strike as your keystone, followed by Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Jack Of All Trades in the primary tree, as well as Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Manamune as your first item, followed by Luden's Echo and . For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with . For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 45.8% winrate over 3 003 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Statikk Shiv as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 45.0% win rate across 647 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kai'Sa Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Manamune as your first item, then finish Luden's Echo as your second item, and as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and . The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.1% win rate over 308 matches played.

Situational Kai'Sa Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Kai'Sa build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.