K'Sante vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as K'Sante
based on 2,227 K'Sante vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
K'Sante vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with K'Sante in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical K'Sante vs. Zed counter stats that may help you realize the differences between these two champions. As an example, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Zed..
K'Sante often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than their counter does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Zed. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between K'Sante and Zed
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Zed?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zed, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, K'Sante makes an ok counter for Zed.
While K'Sante does have a lower win rate than Zed, when facing one another, K'Sante also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking K'Sante into Zedas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, K'Sante also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting 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 Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a similar 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 somewhat poor counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as K'Sante against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master K'Sante in order to counter Zed during both the laning 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 displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Zed. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your K'Sante versus Zed build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When K'Sante used at least these three items in their build, they performed much better vs Zed than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Zed with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zed as K'Sante, K'Sante players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for K'Sante vs Zed counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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