Kai'Sa·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kai'Sa Support build, you should take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Luden's Companion. For your last 3 items, you should build Horizon Focus, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Shadowflame. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 49.4% winrate over 362 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kai'Sa Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite 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 Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Luden's Companion as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Horizon Focus, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 43.1% win rate over 216 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Luden's Companion as a third item. You want to finish the build with Horizon Focus, Shadowflame and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 49.1% win rate across 57 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kai'Sa Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear 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 Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass and Immortal Shieldbow. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 30.0% win rate over 50 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.