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

K'Sante vs Taliyah

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

How to Beat Taliyah as K'Sante

based on 713 K'Sante vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Taliyah as K'Sante came out of an examination of 713 ranked rounds where both champs fought one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. K'Sante fights Taliyah in only 1.2% of their matches.

K'Sante vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante has done a dismal job of countering Taliyah. Normally, they wins a lowly 47.1% of games the champs face one another in. In K'Sante versus Taliyah games, K'Sante’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that they probably won't get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best K'Sante vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalNull-Magic Mantle

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
>
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 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 Taliyah as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

K'Sante vs Taliyah Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Taliyah Image
4.6
< Kills >
6.1
5.5
< Deaths >
6.1
5.8
< Assists >
8.8
1.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
174
< Minions Killed >
122
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.61
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.49
13,450
< Physical Damage >
809
3,200
< Magic Damage >
20,907
1,408
< True Damage >
1,153
18,059
< Damage Dealt >
22,870
30,744
< Damage Taken >
20,699
10,805
< Gold Earned >
12,043
2.04
< Towers >
1.82
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
4,669
< Total Healing >
4,363
14,541
< Experience >
13,996
15
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
9
1,011
< Time Dealing CC >
561

How to Counter Taliyah with K'Sante in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential K'Sante vs. Taliyah matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, showing that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah..

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

Differences between K'Sante and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Taliyah

Who is Better, K'Sante or Taliyah?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, K'Sante makes a bad counter to Taliyah.

While K'Sante does have a lower winrate than Taliyah, when they face off with one another, K'Sante also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking K'Sante into Taliyahas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, K'Sante has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a 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 bad counter for Taliyah. 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 Taliyah.

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 Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as K'Sante, we analyzed 713 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 Taliyah 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 Taliyah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

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

K'Sante on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your K'Sante versus Taliyah build consist of Iceborn Gauntlet, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better against Taliyah than with most other common builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 47.1% when countering Taliyah with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Taliyah as K'Sante, you should use 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 players used for K'Sante vs Taliyah face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.1% winrate overall.

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