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Kai'Sa vs Ezreal

How often does Kai'Sa beat Ezreal in ADC?

Kai'Sa into Ezreal in ADC: 53% observed win rate across 22,754 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Kai'Sa behind by 32 gold.

Kai'Sa at 15:00

Typical gap to Ezreal, from 22,656 games that reached 15:00.

Does Kai'Sa counter Ezreal?

The count says yes: across 22,754 ranked ADC games into Ezreal, Kai'Sa takes 53%. That edge is worth playing for. Check the rows below to see how much a gold lead at 10:00 adds, and what a bad start costs Kai'Sa.

Beating Ezreal: the Kai'Sa game plan

A gold lead at 10:00 puts Kai'Sa at 64% across 10,728 games. Flip the lead and Kai'Sa falls to 43% across 12,018.

The spotWin rateGames
Ahead in gold at 10:0064%10,728
Behind in gold at 10:0043%12,018
First blood59%12,508
+kills at 10:0065%8,864
+CS at 10:0061%9,935
0 deaths at 10:0063%4,441
0 deaths at 15:0070%1,681

Someone usually dies here around 4:33 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 7:34. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Kai'Sa's ADC build, with receipts

Into Ezreal specifically, Kai'Sa finishes Kraken Slayer first most often: 52.9% over 8,293 games of this matchup.

The most-finished core in this exact matchup is Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Dusk and Dawn: 56.6% across 2,714 games.

The most-finished Kai'Sa core is Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Dusk and Dawn: 53.5% across 26,866 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Kraken Slayer (83,293 games).

Skill plan: Kai'Sa players max Q first and take Q at level 1.

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