Kai'Sa·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Kai'Sa Top 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 Absolute Focus 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 Sorcerer's Shoes and Luden's Companion. For your last 3 items, you should build Cryptbloom, Shadowflame and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 48.3% winrate over 1 103 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Kai'Sa Top build would be to take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are 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. 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 Kraken Slayer, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Guinsoo's Rageblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass and Rabadon's Deathcap. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 44.5% win rate over 373 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Voltaic Cyclosword as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Black Cleaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Phantom Dancer, Immortal Shieldbow and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.0% win rate across 132 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Kai'Sa Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Cash Back with Jack Of All Trades as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Manamune as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Luden's Companion as third item. The last 3 options are Horizon Focus, Cryptbloom and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 58.9% win rate over 90 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.