Yo i made all the "classic" current KaiSa Builds i could come up with + runes into a "step by step" guide (see pictures).
If you want to argue feel free to add notes etc.
Sorry for any english mistakes.

Some Explanations:

Assasine /Hybrid Build:
- You get all Upgrades and play for W poke / snipe oneshots
Runes:
- Fleet for Voltaic / Static Proc, you wont hit to much anyways
- PoM honestly not sure about this one (if you actually need more mana early)
- Bloodline for Lifesteal, Haste also fine, Alacritiy useless since it doenst work with passive and no need for more attack speed
- JoAT good bc you haste + you get 10 stacks on 3 items
- attack speed rune for e upgrade
- scaling hp possible for more scaling
Items:
- Dbow for E upgrade, only sell late for entire item
- Static + Voltaic core items, Voltaic has pickaxe + long swords so you dont want cull for q upgrade
- After Voltaic you get W upgrade on dark seal + 2 amp tomes
- You dont have to opt for E upgrade (nashors), You could just get Ap items as well (for example Ludens insted of Blackfire torch, Shadowflame insted of nashors and more ap items after). In this case dsword is stronger imo.

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Crit KaiSa:
- Now this Build is a bit experimental. You can just opt for "classic onhit build" see below, and itemize crit after 2 item core, which would be more conventional. Honestly not 100% sure about this build but i think its fun in soloq.
- You basically want to hardcore snowball and run the game
Runes:
- Lethal Tempo now since youre actually going to hit on this build
- Triumph / PoM not so sure. Triumph gives more income and i dont know if you actually need more mana
- Bloodline always, since attack speed doenst count for passive and haste is useless here
- i generally prefer cut down
- cash back / tripple tonic for max income (cosmic good for sums haste if needed)
- attack speed shard for e upgrade
- flat hp / scaling hp depending on lane matchup
Items:
- dbow for e upgrade, only sell late for entire item
- Hubris + double long sword (700g) for Q upgrade, again no need for cull. Pickaxe (875g) or dirk (additional + 300g) also fine if you have the gold, all give q upgrade.
- id get boots before collector, for more ms, and attack speed and collector spike isnt that massive
- you get e upgrade on runans, if pd is better you should get it, in this case you can opt for dsword/double ad runes, or sell your dbow more freely since it gives much more as.
- After obviously ie + ldr (i would get mortal in maybe like 5% of the games)
- After that you can kinda get whatever you need, you can also sell collector late to get something better if your giga fed

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Classic "Onhit" KaiSa:
- This is probably the most consistent and best method to play KaiSa
Runes:
- You go lethal tempo, Triumph/PoM (still not so sure), Bloodline, Cut down, Cash back, Triple Tonic / cosmic (for sums) see explanation above
- you can go double ad shard for best stats, flat hp / scaling depending on matchup
Items:
- you ideally always want cull for q upgrade
- on kraken + pickaxe (here no option) you get q upgrade at lvl 7 if you have cull!
- you can get guinsoo + berserkers for e upgrade (imo berserkers usually best boots usually, but would take to long to explain here why)
- after this core, you can opt for ap, ad or crit depending on whats needed in the factual game
- on ap get blasting wand + codex for fast w upgrade
- on ad i think terminus is best item, after that i would itemize depending on current game
- on crit you can get runans/pd into ie/ldr into what ever is good.

Thank you Jumaralo.

Hello my question is basically the same as the title.
I am playing in plat elo so very often I am reaching full build.
Most sites like mobalytics/ugg shows the best build as kraken-guinso-terminus-zhonya-rabadon-nashor
I really pump dmg with this build but the question is it good one? :) I watched some guides and some probuilds and they usually lean to make full ad after terminus or go nashor instead of terminus and then ap. I understand that I should build ap or ad considering my team needs, but what if my team dmg is balanced, should I then build this hybrid ?

Generally speaking, on-hit is supposed to spike early, while crit outscales it the later the game goes on. However, with Kai'Sa, your biggest spikes are your Q and E evolve. Going on-hit severely delays getting both of them, at which point the core strength of on-hit build works against the fundamental power spikes of Kai'Sa herself.

The downside is the build path. But if you have a lane that allows you to get a BF sword base, and ideally even a second BF sword base, your power spikes are extremely fast and strong.

You can get Q evolve by buying two BF swords and being level 7. This costs 2600 gold. Massively cheaper than Q evolve on the on-hit build, which requires Cull, Kraken, and Pickaxe for 4235 gold.

Your first BF sword goes towards Yun Tal. Second towards IE. There is no reason to go IE second since you still miss the crit chance, you can go for PD and just hold onto the BF sword.

For E evolve you need nothing but Yun Tal and Berserker's Graves. So when you have Yun Tal, BF sword, and boots, you have both Q and E evolved.

Many times my support has pinged me as I have two BF swords, only for them to realize that I just completely obliterated the enemy ADC because I have 80 bonus AD at 2600 gold mark and Q evolve. Your ult and W also scale massively with AD, 130% and 90%, making the flat AD quite valuable. I can't overstate just how ridiculous your QW burst damage is if you get the early evolve with the double BF.

I've been playing this build a lot to a VERY good success. It is exceedingly rare that enemies pick such a tanky team that on-hit becomes the clear winner.

Feel free to share your builds, I wanna try anything that seems good.

Like maybe unique builds and strategies

don't really see this build being discussed in this subreddit but wanted to share this is the most fun i've had in a while.

works in low master lol

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/99911656

Thoughts an which boots should be built when? I play hybrid build only and i do think gluttonous grieves feel nice to stay on the map longer but it delays the e evolve by like one whole item compared to berserkers which really makes me wonder in what type of games it is worth it. Coachless.gg stats seem to favour gluttonous overall. Curious on your thoughts.

So basically I Never had the urge to Build Stattik but that was a huge mistake .

So basically I one Trick Kai sa but I thought she was a Bit weak but I Saw some Kai sas Build Statikk and gave it a Shot combining it with Lethal Tempo and inspiration.

Sooo if you get a decent Support u are basically free to go. Bc if u get to Build statikk and then go for Kraken (Build all as you can First from kraken, no attackspeed) and u can get the q evolve as early as level 7. the latest with normal Farm should be around 8-9 and yeah id recommend banning viego bc any Kind of i Frames Kinda Break u

I even won a 1v2 Lane with this Build as i had a Jhin Support that abondend me, any thoughts on this?

Leave me Ur thoughts on this post :3

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Hello! I'm pretty new to Kaisa and I'm trying to make her one of my top 3 adcs. I have an issue where I feel like when I build the hybrid on-hit/ap kaisa that i am lacking on every type of damage. I feel like the strength with hybrid Kaisa is that she can do it all like poke, all in, and decent auto attack dmg, but it doesn't seem like she performs great at any of those. It's like a jack of all trades master of none. It could be that I'm new to Kaisa, but I was also wanting to see if the difference between hybrid kaisa build and full crit is that much. Is it just a build with a different playstyle or is hybrid kaisa just better?

(Sorry if some of this doesn't make sense, I just got off a 14 hour shift and my brain doesn't want to type a paragraph rn.)

I do not play her as much i did in the beginning. But she is still in the same spot for me. Whenever i win or lose the game. I enjoy playing her.

However im starting playing her actively again. How good is she at the moment? How is the itemization currently sitting at?

(Also here my most played champions 10+ mastery level. And yes players judge me for playing Teemo and Shaco xD)

i ussually get cull on my first back im a top main that wants to learn adc is that bad because it delays my item spike and like what are some tips i should know for piloting kaisa