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

K'Sante vs Taric

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

based on 610 K'Sante vs Taric matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL games each week. In our data, K'Sante engaged Taric in 610 matches. Including so many matchups for K'Sante vs Taric provides us a lot of faith in our capability to provide useful data and a supported build to wreck Taric. This champ pairing is fairly rare. K'Sante encounters Taric in only 1.0% of their matches.

K'Sante vs Taric Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a below average job of beating Taric. On average, they wins a lowly 47.2% of matches the champs face one another in. In K'Sante versus Taric games, K'Sante’s side is 0.3% less probable to obtain first blood, indicating that they probably won't get first blood versus Taric.

Best K'Sante vs Taric Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Iceborn GauntletHollow RadianceJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

ThornmailUnending DespairKaenic RookernSunfire 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
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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Guide to Countering Taric as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Taric

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 Taric

Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.

K'Sante vs Taric Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Taric Image
4.6
< Kills >
1.8
5.3
< Deaths >
5.8
6.7
< Assists >
14.6
1.03
< Killing Sprees >
0.32
167
< Minions Killed >
36
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.56
13,560
< Physical Damage >
2,113
3,499
< Magic Damage >
4,541
1,554
< True Damage >
755
18,613
< Damage Dealt >
7,409
29,876
< Damage Taken >
23,368
10,686
< Gold Earned >
8,455
2.01
< Towers >
2.21
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,738
< Total Healing >
11,783
14,354
< Experience >
10,473
15
< Vision Score >
49
8
< Wards Placed >
21
1,077
< Time Dealing CC >
364

How to Counter Taric with K'Sante in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some influential K'Sante vs. Taric matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Taric..

K'Sante often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Taric. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between K'Sante and Taric

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Taric
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Taric

Who is Better, K'Sante or Taric?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when playing against Taric, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, K'Sante makes a poor counter to Taric.

While K'Sante does have a lower winrate than Taric, when facing one another, K'Sante also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking K'Sante into Taricas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, K'Sante has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion 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 bad counter for Taric. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as K'Sante against Taric.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

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

For this guide on countering Taric as K'Sante, we analyzed 610 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 Taric 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 truly master K'Sante in order to counter Taric during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante often racks up much more CS as Taric. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your K'Sante versus Taric build include Iceborn Gauntlet, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs Taric than with many other typical builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 47.2% battling Taric with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Taric as K'Sante, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for K'Sante vs Taric matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.2% winrate overall.

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