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

K'Sante vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as K'Sante in LoLK'Sante is in the b tier of champions
TankFighter
Marksman

How to Beat Xayah as K'Sante

based on 896 K'Sante vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League matches each and every week. Within our data, K'Sante faced Xayah in 896 games. With so many games with K'Sante vs Xayah gives us faith in our ability to produce actionable data and a pro build to destroy your foe. This champ matchup is relatively rare. K'Sante fights Xayah in only 1.5% of their rounds.

K'Sante vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a below average job of countering Xayah. Normally, they wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champions fight each other in. In K'Sante vs Xayah matches, K'Sante’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that they most likely won't be able to get first blood against Xayah.

Best K'Sante vs Xayah 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 AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Iceborn GauntletUnending DespairHollow RadianceKaenic Rookern

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 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 Xayah as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

K'Sante vs Xayah Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Xayah Image
4.8
< Kills >
6.3
5.5
< Deaths >
6
6.4
< Assists >
6.8
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
171
< Minions Killed >
183
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.28
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.5
14,164
< Physical Damage >
20,003
3,607
< Magic Damage >
330
1,565
< True Damage >
380
19,337
< Damage Dealt >
20,713
31,228
< Damage Taken >
20,153
10,986
< Gold Earned >
11,964
2.12
< Towers >
2.41
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
4,956
< Total Healing >
4,650
14,831
< Experience >
12,682
16
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
1,003
< Time Dealing CC >
57

How to Counter Xayah with K'Sante in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some strategic K'Sante against Xayah matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..

K'Sante usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between K'Sante and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Xayah

Who is Better, K'Sante or Xayah?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when facing off against Xayah, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes a bad counter to Xayah.

While K'Sante does have a lower winrate compared to Xayah, when facing one another, K'Sante also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking K'Sante into Xayahas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, K'Sante has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This 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 Xayah matchups, Xayah is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

K'Sante is a somewhat poor counter to Xayah. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as K'Sante against Xayah.

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 Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as K'Sante, we analyzed 896 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 Xayah 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 Xayah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master K'Sante to counter Xayah during both the laning 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 tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your K'Sante versus Xayah build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante combined at least these three items in their build, they performed much better versus Xayah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Xayah with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Xayah as K'Sante, K'Sante players should take 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 runes players chose for K'Sante vs Xayah battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.

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