The usual AD build: Manamune > Berserker's Greaves > Guinsoo's Rageblade > Runaan's Hurricane > Infinity Edge > Guardian Angel

So far this AD build for her has shown the most success. Unless you feel like you want to do a hybrid build of course, maybe Lycra can help you with that version. :)

Thanks, I'm glad the guide helped you!

I would definitely always buy either Hurricane or Nashors as third item. They are great items for Kai'Sa and you get the E evolve.
So the first possibility of buying Gunblade is as 4th item (ignoring boots). Let's say you bought Nashors 3rd and have now enough money for a 4th item. The most common item choice here is Hourglass. It has the (probably) best active in the game. In this current meta, lots of assassins or high damage bruisers run around looking for an ADC to kill, the Hourglass active helps a lot in that regard.
As 5th and last item, you now have the choice between Gunblade and Deathcap. Deathcap is 200 gold more expensive, but boosts your damage significantly. With Deathcap, your W bursts extremely hard and has about a 6 second cooldown. It also boosts your Ult shield a lot, since it has a 75% AP scaling.

On the other hand, if you buy Hurricane 3rd, getting Infinity Edge 4th is definitely better for your scaling, and it also costs the same as Gunblade.

Maybe you can try building it at some point, but I think it is never the most ideal buy. This doesn't mean it's a bad item though, the healing and the active could come in clutch at some points during a game.


As for the double Pickaxe early, it's definitely a good idea sometimes. When you fight a lot in lane and you have a Pickaxe already, recalling and just buying a tear feels bad sometimes, since you don't really get fighting power compared to the enemy who buys damage. So when you recall with about 850 gold and you already have a Pickaxe, getting a second Pickaxe is good.
When you can afford the full Manamune though, always get it instead of a second Pickaxe, it just gives so much AD.

Thank you for your nice comment! I totally agree, the visuals are amazing, but i can't take credit for them. My friend Jovy made them and did an amazing job!

I really like her prestige skin and I am very lucky I got it! But to be completely honest, her regular K/DA skin is amazing, too, and lots of people even prefer it over the prestige skin. Actually all her skins are very good and I'm constantly rotating between them.

I am not too sure about adding a Combos section, because in my opinion, Kai'Sa doesn't really have very many important combos, unlike Leblanc or Akali.
In the ability description I already mentioned lots of ways on how to most efficiently use an ability. There are still a few tricks I could add, like resetting your auto attack with Ult.

Also, I am currently working on my second guide, so stay tuned!

Thanks again for your kind comment! =)

Hey Blizzardex!

Kai'Sa just went through some changes last patch, because they changed Rageblade from every other hit, to every third hit. Right now, I'm working on updating my guide to reflect that!

So I think a hybrid AD/AP build is better than building only AP.
You could try the new Manamune -> Rageblade -> Nashor's Tooth build. After you finish your 3 core items, you can build situational AP items, like Hourglass, Morello, Deathcap, etc.

If you don't like Manamune, replacing it with Stormrazor is also good!

Thanks for the kind words =)

Thank you!

Thanks!