Kayn vs K'Sante
How to Beat K'Sante as Kayn
based on 2,677 Kayn vs K'Sante matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs K'Sante Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against K'Sante
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs K'Sante Counter Stats
How to Counter K'Sante with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Kayn versus K'Sante matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than K'Sante..
Kayn normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than K'Sante. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and K'Sante
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Who is Better, Kayn or K'Sante?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayn usually wins when taking on K'Sante, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a great counter for K'Sante.
While Kayn does have a higher winrate compared to K'Sante, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kayn into K'Santeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs K'Sante matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kayn is a great counter for K'Sante. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against K'Sante.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayn in order to counter K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn usually racks up a lot less CS compared to K'Sante. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kayn versus K'Sante build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Kayn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus K'Sante than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 53.2% when countering K'Sante with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating K'Sante as Kayn, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Kayn vs K'Sante matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
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