

Yunara vs Kai’Sa Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Sample size is the most valuable thing about this entry. 5,275 games on patch 16.13.1 produce 50.5% for Yunara, and at that volume the figure stops being noise: this is a genuinely even fight where small decisions rather than champion select decide it, and the model rates it Even.
The mechanical split is range against scaling. Yunara attacks from 575 to Kai’Sa’s 525, a 50-unit gap that matters most before either has finished an item, and base armor is identical at 25 even though Kai’Sa opens with 640 health to 590. By level 18 that reverses: 2,460 health and 99.8 armor for Yunara against 2,374 and 96.4. Second Skin is the pressure that grows — Plasma stacks with every basic attack and detonates for increasing bonus magic damage, and Kai’Sa‘s item purchases upgrade her abilities outright, so her power arrives in steps rather than smoothly. Killer Instinct’s dash near an enemy champion is her engage. Cultivation of Spirit is the scaling answer: attack speed, on-hit damage and attacks that carry to nearby enemies, with Vow of the First Lands adding magic damage on critical strikes that 96.4 armor never reduces. Move speed favours Kai’Sa at 335 to 325, which decides who chooses the fight.
FAQ
Yes — Yunara holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Yunara wins 50.5% of the recorded games.
50.5% from Yunara's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
5,275 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Yunara build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Yunara build page.