Kai'Sa·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kai'Sa Mid build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear 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 Kraken Slayer as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Dusk and Dawn, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 48.5% winrate over 819 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kai'Sa Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Jack Of All Trades in the primary tree, and Transcendence with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Manamune, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Luden's Echo as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 47.4% win rate over 623 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Jack Of All Trades in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence 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 Luden's Echo as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Manamune as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 47.7% win rate across 88 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kai'Sa Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Taste of Blood with Treasure Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Kraken Slayer as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and Guinsoo's Rageblade as third item. The last 3 options are Dusk and Dawn, Zhonya's Hourglass and Shadowflame. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 43.5% win rate over 85 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.