K'Sante vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as K'Sante
based on 2,348 K'Sante vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Darius
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Advice to Win Against Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
K'Sante vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with K'Sante in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable K'Sante against Darius matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s ratio of NaN, indicating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Darius..
K'Sante normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Darius. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between K'Sante and Darius
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Darius?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Darius, with a 44.4% win rate. Therefore, K'Sante makes a poor counter for Darius.
While K'Sante does have a much lower win rate than Darius, when they face off with one another, K'Sante also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking K'Sante into Dariusas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, K'Sante has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
K'Sante is a trash counter for Darius. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as K'Sante against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master K'Sante to counter Darius during both the lane 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 above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Darius. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your K'Sante versus Darius build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When K'Sante bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs. Darius than with most other typical item sets. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 44.4% when playing against Darius with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Darius as K'Sante, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for K'Sante vs Darius LoL games, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.4% win rate overall.
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