K'Sante vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as K'Sante
based on 1,712 K'Sante vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
K'Sante vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with K'Sante in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical K'Sante against Vi matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Vi..
K'Sante typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their matchup does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Vi. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between K'Sante and Vi
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Vi?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when trying to fight Vi, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes a poor counter for Vi.
While K'Sante does have a lower win rate compared to Vi, when they face off with one another, K'Sante also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking K'Sante into Vias their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, K'Sante also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
K'Sante is a terribly counter for Vi. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as K'Sante against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master K'Sante to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante most often racks up much more CS compared to Vi. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your K'Sante versus Vi build include Kaenic Rookern, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante combined at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs. Vi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 46.3% when countering Vi with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Vi as K'Sante, you 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 sets we have analyed for K'Sante vs Vi counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vi as K'Sante are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.