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

K'Sante vs Talon

How to Beat Talon as K'Sante in LoLK'Sante is in the a tier of champions
TankFighter
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How to Beat Talon as K'Sante

based on 1,553 K'Sante vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Talon as K'Sante came out of an analysis of 1553 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against each other. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. K'Sante encounters Talon in only 2.6% of their matches.

K'Sante vs Talon Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a below average job of beating Talon. Normally, they wins a lowly 48.0% of matches the champs face one another in. In K'Sante vs Talon matches, K'Sante’s side is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This indicates that they most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Talon.

Best K'Sante vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Unending DespairSunfire AegisIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanThornmailKaenic RookernHollow Radiance

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
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 Talon as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Talon

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 Talon

Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.

Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.

Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.

K'Sante vs Talon Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Talon Image
5.1
< Kills >
8.9
5.7
< Deaths >
6.7
6.3
< Assists >
6.3
1.18
< Killing Sprees >
2.02
181
< Minions Killed >
139
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.48
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.37
15,097
< Physical Damage >
22,343
3,751
< Magic Damage >
90
1,691
< True Damage >
1,239
20,540
< Damage Dealt >
23,673
32,240
< Damage Taken >
28,247
11,393
< Gold Earned >
12,967
2.17
< Towers >
1.52
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
5,092
< Total Healing >
6,849
15,283
< Experience >
14,901
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
6
1,144
< Time Dealing CC >
198

How to Counter Talon with K'Sante in LoL

The stats shown here feature some significant K'Sante vs. Talon matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Talon’s ratio of NaN, showing that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Talon..

K'Sante normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Talon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between K'Sante and Talon

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Talon

Who is Better, K'Sante or Talon?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when trying to fight Talon, with a 48.0% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes a bad counter to Talon.

While K'Sante does have a lower win rate compared to Talon, when they face off with one another, K'Sante also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking K'Sante into Talonas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Talon matchups, Talon is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

K'Sante is a bad counter for Talon. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as K'Sante against Talon.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

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

For this guide on countering Talon as K'Sante, we analyzed 1,553 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 Talon 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 to counter Talon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Talon. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your K'Sante versus Talon build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When K'Sante used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Talon than with most other common item sets. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average winrate of 48.0% battling Talon with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Talon as K'Sante, K'Sante players should equip 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 combinations players used for K'Sante vs Talon LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% win rate overall.

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