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Akali vs K'Sante

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How to Beat K'Sante as Akali

based on 863 Akali vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
58.6 %
K/D/A
2.57
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat K'Sante as Akali resulted from an examination of 863 ranked games where both champs opposed one another. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Akali is forced to battle against K'Sante in only 1.2% of her rounds.

Akali vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Akali has done a great job of countering K'Sante. On average, she wins a fantastic 58.6% of games the champions fight each other in. In Akali versus K'Sante rounds, Akali’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Akali vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltRabadon's DeathcapShadowflame

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassStatikk Shiv

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
>
Second ability for Akali to level upe
>
Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against K'Sante

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Win Against K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Akali vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
58.6 %
VS
Win Rate
41.4 %
K'Sante Image
8.4
< Kills >
4.1
5.3
< Deaths >
6
5.2
< Assists >
5.7
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
0.91
145
< Minions Killed >
155
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.33
1,438
< Physical Damage >
12,982
19,679
< Magic Damage >
2,258
831
< True Damage >
1,154
21,950
< Damage Dealt >
16,395
25,215
< Damage Taken >
27,625
11,102
< Gold Earned >
10,161
1.45
< Towers >
1.7
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,155
< Total Healing >
4,524
13,764
< Experience >
13,746
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
59
< Time Dealing CC >
1,591

How to Counter K'Sante with Akali in LoL

The stats provided here show some important Akali vs. K'Sante counter statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than K'Sante. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Akali normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Akali and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Akali
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
K'Sante

Who is Better, Akali or K'Sante?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually wins when taking on K'Sante, with a 58.6% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a fantastic counter to K'Sante.

While Akali does have a much higher win rate compared to K'Sante, when facing one another, Akali also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Akali into K'Santeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Akali also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs K'Sante matchups, Akali is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Akali is a great counter for K'Sante. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akali against K'Sante.

Other Champion Matchups Against Akali

Akali Loses Against

KledKled44.1% winrateMaokaiMaokai44.6% winrateZyraZyra44.7% winrateIllaoiIllaoi44.7% winrate

Akali Wins Against

K'SanteK'Sante58.6% winrateEliseElise53.3% winrateXin ZhaoXin Zhao53.1% winrateKarmaKarma53.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MaokaiMaokai+ 53% 1984 GamesIllaoiIllaoi+ 53.7% 2404 GamesCassiopeiaCassiopeia+ 53.8% 184 GamesOriannaOrianna+ 58.5% 171 Games

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Akali, we analyzed 863 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter K'Sante as Akali comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Akali Build K'Sante Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali most often gets a similar amount of CS as K'Sante. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Akali versus K'Sante build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Akali combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus K'Sante than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 58.6% when playing against K'Sante with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing K'Sante as Akali, Akali players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Akali vs K'Sante counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 58.6% win rate overall.

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