Kai’Sa vs Mel Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In ADC, this is Kai’Sa versus Mel — a marksman/mage hybrid against a mage/support hybrid. 1,424 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Kai’Sa at a 54.0% win rate into Mel. Being 4.0 points clear of the 50% line makes Mel a favourable draw for Kai’Sa.
One threat is physical (Kai’Sa), the other magic (Mel), and their item paths diverge from there. Before items it is 640 HP, 25 armour, 30 MR for Kai’Sa; 630, 21, 30 for Mel. By level 18 that becomes 2374 health and 96 armour for Kai’Sa against 2313 and 109 for Mel. On autos alone the numbers read 59 AD for Kai’Sa and 54 for Mel. Speed reads 335 to 330, handing Kai’Sa the better rotations.
Both champions are ranged (Kai’Sa at 525, Mel at 550), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Track Void Seeker on Kai’Sa and Golden Eclipse on Mel — the lane swings on those two. Then it becomes Killer Instinct against Golden Eclipse, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
1,424 games sit behind that figure, and it moves whenever Kai’Sa or Mel gets tuned.
FAQ
Yes — Kai'Sa holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Kai'Sa wins 54.0% of the recorded games.
54.0% from Kai'Sa's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,424 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Kai'Sa build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Kai'Sa build page.