ADC Matchup

Kai'Sa vs Kalista

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa

Daughter of the Void
ADC
Kai'Sa ADC Overall Win Rate
48.82%

Matchup Win Rate

52.6%
Kai'Sa vs Kalista Wins
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47.4%
Kalista vs Kai'Sa Wins
Kalista

Kalista

the Spear of Vengeance
ADC
Kalista ADC Overall Win Rate
46.83%

Kai'Sa vs Kalista - ADC Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Kai'Sa ADC vs Kalista ADC - Who is stronger?

Kai'Sa ADC has an advantage against Kalista (52.6% win rate) based on 554 games. The matchup leans toward Kai'Sa.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Kai'Sa ADC vs Kalista ADC in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 56.9% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Meta staple Kai'Sa (17.8% pick rate, 2nd most popular out of 30 ADC champions) rarely faces off-meta Kalista (1.7% pick rate). However, even uncommon picks can cheese unprepared players, so basic matchup knowledge provides valuable insurance. Meta strength confirmed: Kai'Sa's superior tier rating (B vs D) translates into a solid 52.6% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Kai'Sa ranks 23rd in win rate among ADC champions. Optimize for consistency: Press the Attack paired with Presence of Mind (68.8% win rate, 4.6% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Yun Tal Wildarrows > Infinity Edge > Navori Flickerblade with Berserker's Greaves delivers 56.9% win rate against Kalista.

Win through macro: Kai'Sa takes the matchup (52.59%) despite falling behind in CS (6.37 vs 7.26/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Quality over quantity: Kai'Sa wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (770 vs 888/min), the 52.6% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Kai'Sa leads in both matchup win rate (52.6%) and KDA (2.40 vs 2.00) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Kai'Sa vs Kalista - ADC Stats Comparison

Kai'Sa ADC
Kai'Sa ADC		Versus
Kalista ADC
Kalista ADC
BTierD
52.6%Matchup Winrate47.4%
48.82%Role Winrate46.83%
#23Winrate Rank#29
17.8%Pickrate1.7%
2.4Average KDA2.0
475Gold per Minute469
6.37CS/Min7.26
0.31Wards per Minute0.26
770Damage per Minute888

How to Beat Kalista as Kai'Sa (ADC)

The Kai'Sa versus Kalista matchup as ADC is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

Kai'Sa deals mixed damage - the opponent has fewer options for defense. Kalista deals mainly physical damage (81.58%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Kalista, ranking 7th (versus 27th for Kai'Sa) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.0 versus 2.4) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Kai'Sa ADC versus Kalista ADC matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Kai'Sa player to maintain constant pressure on Kalista, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Kai'Sa vs Kalista: ADC Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
62.4% Win Rate84.9% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
74.6% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate

Kai'Sa vs Kalista: ADC Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Bloodline
Legend: Bloodline Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend stacks, gain 85 max health.

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Bloodline

Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

60.8% Win Rate92.0% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Press the Attack
Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive damage (based on level) and amplifies your damage dealt by 8% until you leave combat with champions.

Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion with 3 consecutive basic attacks deals 40 - 160 bonus adaptive …

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Bloodline
Legend: Bloodline Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend stacks, gain 85 max health.

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Bloodline

Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Domination
Taste of Blood
Taste of Blood Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) health (based on level)

Cooldown: 20s

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.Healing: 16-40 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP)…

Treasure Hunter
Treasure Hunter Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Increase the gold gained by 20 gold for each Bounty Hunter stack, up to 130 gold.

Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Treasure Hunter

Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Inc…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

68.8% Win Rate4.6% Pick Rate

Kai'Sa vs Kalista: ADC Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
49.1% Win Rate96.6% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed
50.5% Win Rate89.2% Pick Rate
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
48.4% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
44.4% Win Rate0.4% Pick Rate
Core Build
Hearthbound Axe
Hearthbound Axe (1200 gold) 20 Attack Damage
20% Attack Speed
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Kraken Slayer
Kraken Slayer (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
40% Attack Speed
4% Move Speed
Bring It Down
Every third Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit, increased based on their missing Health.
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Guinsoo's Rageblade (3000 gold) 30 Attack Damage
30 Ability Power
25% Attack Speed
Wrath
Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damage On-Hit.
Seething Strike
Attacks grant 8% Attack Speed for 3 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
While fully stacked, every third Attack applies On-Hit effects twice.
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth (3000 gold) 80 Ability Power
50% Attack Speed
15 Ability Haste
Icathian Bite
Attacks deal bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
54.1% Win Rate22.9% Pick Rate
Final Build
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
51.5% Win Rate17.3% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield (450 gold) 110 Health
Enduring Focus
Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
54.8% Win Rate0.1% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
51.6% Win Rate0.1% Pick Rate
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed
50.5% Win Rate89.2% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
49.7% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
B. F. Sword
B. F. Sword (1300 gold) 40 Attack Damage
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Yun Tal Wildarrows
Yun Tal Wildarrows (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
35% Attack Speed
0% Critical Strike Chance
Practice Makes Lethal
On-Attack, gain Critical Strike Chance permanently up to 25%.
Flurry
On-Attacking an enemy champion, gain 30% Attack Speed for 6 seconds (30 second cooldown).
Attacks reduce this cooldown by 1 second, increased to 2 seconds for Critical Strikes.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage
Navori Flickerblade
Navori Flickerblade (2650 gold) 40% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed
Transcendence
Attacks reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 15% of their remaining cooldown.
56.9% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
Final Build
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
54.0% Win Rate16.5% Pick Rate
Other Items
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
54.0% Win Rate16.5% Pick Rate
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
51.7% Win Rate8.7% Pick Rate
Bloodthirster
Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
15% Life Steal
Ichorshield
Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
50.4% Win Rate8.3% Pick Rate
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
47.0% Win Rate7.5% Pick Rate
Terminus
Terminus (3000 gold) 30 Attack Damage
35% Attack Speed
Shadow
Attacks deal 30 bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
Juxtaposition
Alternate between Light and Dark Attacks against champions:
  • Light Attacks grant Armor and Magic Resist for 5s.
  • Dark Attacks grant 10% Armor Penetration and Magic Penetration for 5s.
    • 48.3% Win Rate6.4% Pick Rate
    Infinity Edge
    Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    40% Critical Strike Damage
    44.1% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate
    Mercurial Scimitar
    Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
    40 Magic Resist
    10% Life Steal

    ACTIVE
    Quicksilver
    Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
    50.6% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate

    Kai'Sa vs Kalista: ADC Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    Q
    Icathian Rain Kai'Sa shoots a swarm of missiles that seek out nearby targets.

    Living Weapon: Icathian Rain is upgraded to shoot more missiles.
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    W
    W
    Void Seeker Kai'Sa shoots a long range missile, marking enemies with her passive.

    Living Weapon: Void Seeker is upgraded to apply more passive marks and reduce cooldown on champion hit.
    W
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    E
    E
    Supercharge Kai'Sa briefly increases her Move Speed, then increases her Attack Speed.

    Living Weapon: Supercharge is upgraded to briefly grant Invisibility.
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    R
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    Killer Instinct Kai'Sa dashes near an enemy champion.
    R
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    Max Order: Q > E > W
    57.7% Win Rate66.9% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    Icathian Rain Kai'Sa shoots a swarm of missiles that seek out nearby targets.

    Living Weapon: Icathian Rain is upgraded to shoot more missiles.
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    Void Seeker Kai'Sa shoots a long range missile, marking enemies with her passive.

    Living Weapon: Void Seeker is upgraded to apply more passive marks and reduce cooldown on champion hit.
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    Supercharge Kai'Sa briefly increases her Move Speed, then increases her Attack Speed.

    Living Weapon: Supercharge is upgraded to briefly grant Invisibility.
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    Killer Instinct Kai'Sa dashes near an enemy champion.
    R
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    Max Order: Q > E > W
    93.6% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate

    Kai'Sa tips:

    • Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
    • Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
    • Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

    Playing Against Kalista

    • Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
    • Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
    • If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.

    Kai'Sa ADC other Matchups

    Kai'Sa
    +4.0%
    Ziggs

    Kai'Sa vs Ziggs

    Kai'Sa
    +3.9%
    Varus

    Kai'Sa vs Varus

    Kai'Sa
    +3.4%
    Corki

    Kai'Sa vs Corki

    Kai'Sa
    +3.0%
    Senna

    Kai'Sa vs Senna

    Kai'Sa
    +2.0%
    Ezreal

    Kai'Sa vs Ezreal

    Kai'Sa
    +1.8%
    Yunara

    Kai'Sa vs Yunara

    Kai'Sa
    +1.7%
    Jhin

    Kai'Sa vs Jhin

    Kai'Sa
    +1.6%
    Twitch

    Kai'Sa vs Twitch

    Kai'Sa
    +0.6%
    Tristana

    Kai'Sa vs Tristana

    Kai'Sa
    +0.5%
    Mel

    Kai'Sa vs Mel

    Kai'Sa
    -1.0%
    Samira

    Kai'Sa vs Samira

    Kai'Sa
    -1.1%
    Xayah

    Kai'Sa vs Xayah

    Kai'Sa
    -1.1%
    Ashe

    Kai'Sa vs Ashe

    Kai'Sa
    -1.2%
    Draven

    Kai'Sa vs Draven

    Kai'Sa
    -1.3%
    Smolder

    Kai'Sa vs Smolder

    Kai'Sa
    -1.7%
    Vayne

    Kai'Sa vs Vayne

    Kai'Sa
    -1.7%
    Lucian

    Kai'Sa vs Lucian

    Kai'Sa
    -1.8%
    Miss Fortune

    Kai'Sa vs Miss Fortune

    Kai'Sa
    -2.0%
    Jinx

    Kai'Sa vs Jinx

    Kai'Sa
    -2.1%
    Caitlyn

    Kai'Sa vs Caitlyn

    Kai'Sa
    -2.3%
    Zeri

    Kai'Sa vs Zeri

    Kai'Sa
    -2.4%
    Aphelios

    Kai'Sa vs Aphelios

    Kai'Sa
    -2.7%
    Sivir

    Kai'Sa vs Sivir

    Kai'Sa
    -4.0%
    Kog'Maw

    Kai'Sa vs Kog'Maw

    Kai'Sa
    -5.4%
    Nilah

    Kai'Sa vs Nilah

    Kai'Sa
    -8.6%
    Swain

    Kai'Sa vs Swain