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

K'Sante vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as K'Sante in LoLK'Sante is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as K'Sante

based on 479 K'Sante vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
46.6 %
K/D/A
1.8
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League games that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Kog'Maw as K'Sante came out of an analysis of 479 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. K'Sante is forced to battle against Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of their matches.

K'Sante vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a awful job of countering Kog'Maw. Normally, they wins a lowly 46.6% of games the champs oppose each other in. In K'Sante versus Kog'Maw matches, K'Sante’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that they most likely won't get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best K'Sante vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Iceborn GauntletHollow RadianceJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic 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
>
Last skill for K'Sante to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
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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Q
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E
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W
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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 Kog'Maw as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Kog'Maw

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 Kog'Maw

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

K'Sante vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
46.6 %
VS
Win Rate
53.4 %
Kog'Maw Image
4.6
< Kills >
7.6
5.9
< Deaths >
6.7
6
< Assists >
6.8
1.03
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
171
< Minions Killed >
173
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.47
13,526
< Physical Damage >
10,235
3,249
< Magic Damage >
13,527
1,484
< True Damage >
2,810
18,260
< Damage Dealt >
26,574
32,125
< Damage Taken >
21,558
10,895
< Gold Earned >
12,429
2.03
< Towers >
2.25
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,661
< Total Healing >
5,267
14,835
< Experience >
13,153
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
1,021
< Time Dealing CC >
304

How to Counter Kog'Maw with K'Sante in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some vital K'Sante versus Kog'Maw counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Kog'Maw..

K'Sante usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between K'Sante and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, K'Sante or Kog'Maw?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes a bad counter for Kog'Maw.

While K'Sante does have a lower win rate than Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, K'Sante also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking K'Sante into Kog'Mawas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, K'Sante also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

K'Sante is a terribly counter for Kog'Maw. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as K'Sante against Kog'Maw.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

How We Calculated Our K'Sante vs Kog'Maw Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as K'Sante, we analyzed 479 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 Kog'Maw 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kog'Maw. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your K'Sante versus Kog'Maw build include Iceborn Gauntlet, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante used at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better countering Kog'Maw than with many other common builds. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Kog'Maw as K'Sante, K'Sante players should equip 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 builds we have analyed for K'Sante vs Kog'Maw matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.6% winrate overall.

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