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

K'Sante vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as K'Sante in LoLK'Sante is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as K'Sante

based on 954 K'Sante vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
43.4 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our data, K'Sante battled Nilah in 954 games. Having so many games with K'Sante versus Nilah provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide enlightening statistics and a supported build to suppress your foe. This particular matchup is fairly rare. K'Sante fights Nilah in only 1.6% of their matches.

K'Sante vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante has done a terrible job of countering Nilah. Normally, they wins a lowly 43.4% of games the champions fight one another in. In K'Sante versus Nilah games, K'Sante’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This indicates that they probably won't get first blood versus Nilah.

Best K'Sante vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernThornmailHollow Radiance

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 Nilah as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Nilah

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).

K'Sante vs Nilah Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
43.4 %
VS
Win Rate
56.6 %
Nilah Image
4.9
< Kills >
7.8
5.6
< Deaths >
6.5
6.6
< Assists >
6.2
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
173
< Minions Killed >
175
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.58
14,661
< Physical Damage >
18,508
3,649
< Magic Damage >
173
1,513
< True Damage >
435
19,825
< Damage Dealt >
19,117
31,151
< Damage Taken >
24,386
11,061
< Gold Earned >
12,841
2.06
< Towers >
2.78
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,891
< Total Healing >
8,834
14,888
< Experience >
13,449
15
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
1,023
< Time Dealing CC >
89

How to Counter Nilah with K'Sante in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some valuable K'Sante against Nilah matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Nilah..

K'Sante often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Nilah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between K'Sante and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Nilah

Who is Better, K'Sante or Nilah?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Nilah, with a 43.4% win rate. Therefore, K'Sante makes a bad counter to Nilah.

While K'Sante does have a much lower winrate than Nilah, when on opposite teams, K'Sante also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking K'Sante into Nilahas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, K'Sante also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

K'Sante is a garbage counter to Nilah. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as K'Sante against Nilah.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

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

For this guide on countering Nilah as K'Sante, we analyzed 954 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 Nilah 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 truly master K'Sante in order to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed 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 racks up a similar amount of CS as Nilah. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost 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 K'Sante versus Nilah build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Nilah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average win rate of 43.4% when playing against Nilah with this counter build.

To have the best chance of defeating Nilah as K'Sante, K'Sante players should use 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 sets players used for K'Sante vs Nilah LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 43.4% winrate overall.

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