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How to Win Gragas vs K'Sante Counter MatchupGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Gragas

based on 1,134 Gragas vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated League games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat K'Sante as Gragas resulted from an examination of 1134 ranked rounds where both champions battled each other. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Gragas fights K'Sante in only 1.7% of his rounds.

Gragas vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a poor job of beating K'Sante. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.5% of games the champs fight each other in. In Gragas vs K'Sante rounds, Gragas’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Gragas vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentRabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against K'Sante

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

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.

Gragas vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
K'Sante Image
5.4
< Kills >
4.6
5.6
< Deaths >
5.3
7.2
< Assists >
6.3
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.06
107
< Minions Killed >
173
0.55
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,540
< Physical Damage >
14,416
17,486
< Magic Damage >
3,461
622
< True Damage >
1,521
19,648
< Damage Dealt >
19,399
28,888
< Damage Taken >
30,545
10,902
< Gold Earned >
10,899
1.5
< Towers >
2.24
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
11,949
< Total Healing >
4,626
13,488
< Experience >
14,555
21
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
418
< Time Dealing CC >
967

How to Counter K'Sante with Gragas in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Gragas vs. K'Sante matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than K'Sante..

Gragas normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
K'Sante

Who is Better, Gragas or K'Sante?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gragas usually loses when taking on K'Sante, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes a poor counter for K'Sante.

While Gragas does have a lower winrate compared to K'Sante, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gragas into K'Sante.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs K'Sante matchups, K'Sante is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Gragas is a somewhat poor counter to K'Sante. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gragas against K'Sante.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas

Gragas Loses Against

SingedSinged43.2% winrateLeonaLeona43.5% winrateNilahNilah43.8% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench43.9% winrate

Gragas Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee53.5% winrateYuumiYuumi53.3% winrateAkshanAkshan52.6% winrateKarthusKarthus52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Master YiMaster Yi+ 52.2% 2152 GamesDr. MundoDr. Mundo+ 52.4% 787 GamesTaricTaric+ 52.5% 602 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.7% 2056 Games

Additional Information for Gragas Players

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

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Gragas, we analyzed 1,134 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 Gragas 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

Gragas Build K'Sante Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Gragas in order to counter K'Sante during both the lane 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 listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas on average gets less CS compared to K'Sante. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Gragas versus K'Sante build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting K'Sante than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering K'Sante with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing K'Sante as Gragas, Gragas players should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Gragas vs K'Sante counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat K'Sante as Gragas are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.