Champion sheet · ADC

Kai'Sa

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

18.4%#33 of 173 champions

Pick: 12.0%picked in 371 of 3,103 games
Ban: 6.4%144 bans over 2,251 games, against 1.7% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC46.8% between 42.4% and 51.2% over 346 gamesSoloQ 49.1%: no clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 2,961 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 163,618 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.DraftLength
How to play itLethal Tempo, then Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 82% of ADC.Damage
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
5.8%
SoloQ
7.1%
5.8% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 7.1% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.6%
SoloQ
1.7%
6.6% ban rate in amateur play over 1,746 games, against 1.7% in soloQ over 116,542 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Lethal Tempo, then Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesLethal Tempo94% · 32,637

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Barrier74% · 25,762

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 101 games

Core (3 legendaries)34% · 8,525

34%of soloQ games

Kraken Slayer
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Terminus

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 82% of ADC.

Team damagetop18%26% · ADC: 23%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC

What marks it

Damage

Like other ADC

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Little CC
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 4 in lane, 34 in mid game and 43 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

462-63 vs 525

885-30 vs 915

1,353-13 vs 1,366

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Kai'SaADC

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 93% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 4 of 100 among ADC462 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 34 of 100 among ADC885 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 43 of 100 among ADC1,353 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 80 of 100 among ADC+219 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 93 of 100 among ADC+547 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 78 of 100 among ADC445 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 49 of 100 among ADC56% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 58 of 100 among ADC19% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 28 of 100 among ADCrank 28 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 9 of 100 among ADC0.1 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 82 of 100 among ADC26% · median 23%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong60.6% · expected 46.4% · 33 g+14.2 ptSoloQ +0.6

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal53.4% · expected 45.7% · 58 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +1.2

Supportgap to expected

Lulu52.9% · expected 49.3% · 34 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -1.2

Braum44.7% · expected 43.0% · 38 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -4.1

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong64.4% · expected 47.2% · 45 g+17.3 ptSoloQ +2.0

Midgap to expected

Ahri50.0% · expected 48.1% · 34 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +0.4

Supportgap to expected

Rell54.1% · expected 45.0% · 37 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +0.1

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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