What are the best runes for Kai'Sa Bot?

Lethal Tempo in Precision with Inspiration secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (50.3% win rate).

What is the best build for Kai'Sa?

Rush Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Terminus. It wins 53.5% of Bot games on patch 26.20.

Is Kai'Sa good on patch 26.20?

Kai'Sa has a 50.1% win rate in Bot this patch, which makes it a strong pick.

Aphelios, Jinx, Xayah are among the strongest counters to Kai'Sa Bot this patch, by ranked win rate.

Kai'Sa build

Bot · patch 26.20

Kai'Sa is currently a strong Bot pick on patch 26.20, holding a 50.1% win rate across 12,071 games (16.7% pick rate, 4.5% ban rate). Kai'Sa is an early-game champion (50.1% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

50.1%

Pick

16.7%

Ban

4.5%

Games

12,071

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 53.5% win ratevs 50.1% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start49.9%−0.2

First back

Core · in order53.5%+3.4

The whole build

Boots49.6%−0.5

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

50.3% win rate

Precision

Inspiration

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min50.1%

25-30 min52.3%

30-35 min48.9%

35-40 min47.2%

40+ min48.6%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

48.1%

50.6%

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// Matchups · who beats Kai'SaAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Doran's Bow, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Terminus; this core wins 53.5% of Bot games; Lethal Tempo is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.