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How to Win K'Sante vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupK'Sante is in the a tier of champions

K'Sante vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as K'Sante in LoLK'Sante is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as K'Sante

based on 2,489 K'Sante vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Kai'Sa as K'Sante resulted from an evaluation of 2489 ranked games where both champs faced each other. This particular matchup is relatively uncommon. K'Sante encounters Kai'Sa in only 4.2% of their matches.

K'Sante vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

K'Sante has done a ok job of countering Kai'Sa. Normally, they wins a acceptable 49.7% of the time the champions battle one another in. In K'Sante vs Kai'Sa games, K'Sante’s team is 0.2% less probable to obtain first blood, implying that they probably won't be able to get first blood against Kai'Sa.

Best K'Sante vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalChain Vest

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernHollow RadianceJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairFrozen HeartThornmailIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for K'Sante to level upq
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Second ability for K'Sante to level upw
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Last skill for K'Sante to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
K'Sante's passive ability p
K'Sante's q ability q
K'Sante's w ability w
K'Sante's e ability e
K'Sante's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

K'Sante vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Kai'Sa Image
4.7
< Kills >
7.8
5.5
< Deaths >
6.3
6.5
< Assists >
6.3
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.81
172
< Minions Killed >
184
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.48
13,796
< Physical Damage >
12,753
3,314
< Magic Damage >
8,180
1,488
< True Damage >
443
18,599
< Damage Dealt >
21,376
30,556
< Damage Taken >
19,994
10,958
< Gold Earned >
12,636
2.15
< Towers >
2.22
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
4,614
< Total Healing >
4,318
14,741
< Experience >
12,809
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
1,053
< Time Dealing CC >
49

How to Counter Kai'Sa with K'Sante in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable K'Sante vs. Kai'Sa matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Kai'Sa..

K'Sante often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their counter does. On average, they receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between K'Sante and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, K'Sante or Kai'Sa?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, K'Sante usually fairs equally well when taking on Kai'Sa, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes an ok counter for Kai'Sa.

While K'Sante does have a lower win rate than Kai'Sa, when they face off with one another, K'Sante also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking K'Sante into Kai'Saas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, K'Sante also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Kai'Sa matchups, Kai'Sa is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

K'Sante is a somewhat poor counter to Kai'Sa. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as K'Sante against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against K'Sante

K'Sante Loses Against

LilliaLillia40.7% winrateKledKled42.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser42.5% winrateIllaoiIllaoi42.9% winrate

K'Sante Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee56.2% winrateZeriZeri53.6% winrateLuluLulu53.1% winrateZoeZoe52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 54.1% 255 GamesUrgotUrgot+ 55.9% 111 GamesFioraFiora+ 57% 151 GamesKledKled+ 62.5% 104 Games

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

How We Calculated Our K'Sante vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as K'Sante, we analyzed 2,489 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 Kai'Sa as K'Sante 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

K'Sante Build Kai'Sa Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante most often gets a similar amount of CS as Kai'Sa. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities 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 exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your K'Sante versus Kai'Sa build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante included at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better vs Kai'Sa than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Kai'Sa with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Kai'Sa as K'Sante, K'Sante players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for K'Sante vs Kai'Sa counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.

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