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How to Win Nilah vs K'Sante Counter MatchupNilah is in the s tier of champions

Nilah vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Nilah in LoLNilah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Nilah

based on 954 Nilah vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
56.6 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our database, Nilah engaged K'Sante 954 times. With so many games with Nilah vs K'Sante gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare useful data and a pro build to crush your rival. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Nilah encounters K'Sante in only 1.6% of their rounds.

Nilah vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Nilah has done a great job of countering K'Sante. On average, they wins a whopping 56.6% of games the champs fight each other in. In Nilah versus K'Sante games, Nilah’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, indicating that they most likely will be able to get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Nilah vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsNavori QuickbladesThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowStormrazorVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nilah to level upq
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Second ability for Nilah to level upe
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Last skill for Nilah to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Nilah

Advice to Win Against K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Nilah vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
56.6 %
VS
Win Rate
43.4 %
K'Sante Image
7.8
< Kills >
4.9
6.5
< Deaths >
5.6
6.2
< Assists >
6.6
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
175
< Minions Killed >
173
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.38
18,508
< Physical Damage >
14,661
173
< Magic Damage >
3,649
435
< True Damage >
1,513
19,117
< Damage Dealt >
19,825
24,386
< Damage Taken >
31,151
12,841
< Gold Earned >
11,061
2.78
< Towers >
2.06
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,834
< Total Healing >
4,891
13,449
< Experience >
14,888
17
< Vision Score >
15
9
< Wards Placed >
8
89
< Time Dealing CC >
1,023

How to Counter K'Sante with Nilah in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several influential Nilah versus K'Sante counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than K'Sante..

Nilah usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than K'Sante. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nilah and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nilah
K'Sante

Who is Better, Nilah or K'Sante?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when facing off against K'Sante, with a 56.6% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a fantastic counter for K'Sante.

While Nilah does have a much higher win rate compared to K'Sante, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into K'Santeas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs K'Sante matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Nilah is a great counter to K'Sante. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nilah against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

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

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Nilah, we analyzed 954 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 K'Sante as Nilah 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

If you would like to truly master Nilah to counter K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nilah often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to K'Sante. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Nilah versus K'Sante build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better countering K'Sante than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nilah had an average win rate of 56.6% battling K'Sante with these items in their kit.

To have the best chance of vanquishing K'Sante as Nilah, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Nilah vs K'Sante counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 56.6% winrate overall.

If you need to view Nilah x K'Sante tips and counter stats for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies displayed are computed using all games played with these champions.