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Elise vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Elise in LoLElise is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Elise

based on 484 Elise vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
2.49
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our database, Elise engaged K'Sante in 484 games. Using so many games with Elise vs K'Sante provides us faith in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a supported build to counter K'Sante. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Elise encounters K'Sante in only 1.8% of her rounds.

Elise vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Elise does a great job of beating K'Sante. On average, she wins a fantastic 54.1% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Elise against K'Sante rounds, Elise’s team is 0.3% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Elise vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Hextech RocketbeltZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Elise to level upq
>
Second ability for Elise to level upw
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Last skill for Elise to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryNimbus CloakWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Elise

Tips for Playing as Elise against K'Sante

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

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.

Elise vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
K'Sante Image
7.7
< Kills >
4.6
6.3
< Deaths >
5.9
8
< Assists >
6.6
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.09
29
< Minions Killed >
175
1.48
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,331
< Physical Damage >
13,727
17,117
< Magic Damage >
3,371
1,484
< True Damage >
1,536
19,933
< Damage Dealt >
18,635
29,819
< Damage Taken >
31,581
11,788
< Gold Earned >
11,068
1.53
< Towers >
2.15
0.39
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
13,701
< Total Healing >
4,634
13,255
< Experience >
14,870
26
< Vision Score >
16
7
< Wards Placed >
8
186
< Time Dealing CC >
1,051

How to Counter K'Sante with Elise in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Elise versus K'Sante counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, showing that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Elise usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Elise and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Elise
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Elise
K'Sante

Who is Better, Elise or K'Sante?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Elise usually wins when trying to fight K'Sante, with a 54.1% win rate. As a result, Elise makes a great counter to K'Sante.

While Elise does have a much higher winrate than K'Sante, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Elise into K'Santeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Elise also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Elise vs K'Sante matchups, Elise is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Elise is a great counter for K'Sante. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Elise Players

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

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Elise, we analyzed 484 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 Elise 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Elise to counter K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Elise on average racks up a lot less CS compared to K'Sante. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Elise versus K'Sante build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against K'Sante than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 54.1% when playing against K'Sante with this build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing K'Sante as Elise, Elise players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Elise vs K'Sante matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.1% winrate overall.

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