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

K'Sante vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as K'Sante in LoLK'Sante is in the b tier of champions
TankFighter
MageSupport

How to Beat Karma as K'Sante

based on 1,992 K'Sante vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each and every week. Within our database, K'Sante did battle with Karma in 1992 games. Including so many games with K'Sante vs Karma gives us confidence in our ability to produce useful statistics and a supported build to shatter Karma. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. K'Sante encounters Karma in only 3.3% of their rounds.

K'Sante vs Karma Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a poor job of countering Karma. On average, they wins a acceptable 48.9% of matches the champions battle one another in. In K'Sante against Karma games, K'Sante’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that they most likely won't get first blood against Karma.

Best K'Sante vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Iceborn GauntletHollow RadianceJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Frozen HeartKaenic RookernThornmailSunfire Aegis

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 SpeedArmorArmor
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 Karma as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Karma

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 Karma

Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.

Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.

Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.

K'Sante vs Karma Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Karma Image
4.6
< Kills >
3
5.4
< Deaths >
5.5
6.1
< Assists >
12.2
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
0.66
174
< Minions Killed >
68
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.49
13,863
< Physical Damage >
1,033
3,268
< Magic Damage >
14,114
1,524
< True Damage >
787
18,655
< Damage Dealt >
15,934
31,113
< Damage Taken >
18,914
10,943
< Gold Earned >
9,268
2.12
< Towers >
1.98
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,839
< Total Healing >
2,831
14,756
< Experience >
11,392
16
< Vision Score >
51
8
< Wards Placed >
22
1,088
< Time Dealing CC >
240

How to Counter Karma with K'Sante in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several strategic K'Sante against Karma counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Karma..

K'Sante typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they takes more damage than Karma. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between K'Sante and Karma

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Karma

Who is Better, K'Sante or Karma?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Karma, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, K'Sante makes a poor counter for Karma.

While K'Sante does have a lower win rate than Karma, when they face off with one another, K'Sante also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking K'Sante into Karmaas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, K'Sante also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Karma matchups, Karma is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

K'Sante is a somewhat poor counter to Karma. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as K'Sante against Karma.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

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

For this guide on countering Karma as K'Sante, we analyzed 1,992 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 Karma 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante in order to counter Karma during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante often racks up more CS relative to Karma. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your K'Sante versus Karma build consist of Iceborn Gauntlet, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante included at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better versus Karma than with many other typical builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Karma with these items in their kit.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Karma as K'Sante, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for K'Sante vs Karma counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.

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