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How to Win Volibear vs K'Sante Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Volibear

based on 1,184 Volibear vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
1.76
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat K'Sante as Volibear came out of an analysis of 1184 ranked games where both champs faced one another. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Volibear fights K'Sante in only 1.5% of his games.

Volibear vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Volibear has done a average job of countering K'Sante. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.7% of matches the champs face each other in. In Volibear against K'Sante rounds, Volibear’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Volibear vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFiendish Codex

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Sundered SkySterak's GageSpirit VisageTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
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Second ability for Volibear to level upq
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Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
K'Sante Image
5.4
< Kills >
4.9
6.3
< Deaths >
5.4
5.7
< Assists >
6.8
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
140
< Minions Killed >
167
0.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.43
11,548
< Physical Damage >
14,510
8,737
< Magic Damage >
3,697
690
< True Damage >
1,624
20,975
< Damage Dealt >
19,833
34,035
< Damage Taken >
31,039
11,527
< Gold Earned >
10,887
2.58
< Towers >
2.08
0.09
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
9,102
< Total Healing >
5,038
14,190
< Experience >
14,722
18
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
598
< Time Dealing CC >
932

How to Counter K'Sante with Volibear in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several strategic Volibear against K'Sante counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than K'Sante..

Volibear usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
K'Sante

Who is Better, Volibear or K'Sante?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when taking on K'Sante, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes an ok counter to K'Sante.

While Volibear does have a lower win rate than K'Sante, when facing one another, Volibear also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Volibear into K'Sante.

Moreover, Volibear also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. 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 Volibear vs K'Sante matchups, K'Sante is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Volibear is a somewhat poor counter to K'Sante. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against K'Sante.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

LilliaLillia42% winrateTeemoTeemo43.9% winrateTaricTaric44% winrateGangplankGangplank44.6% winrate

Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

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

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Volibear, we analyzed 1,184 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 Volibear 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Volibear to counter K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to K'Sante. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Volibear versus K'Sante build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against K'Sante than with many other typical builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling K'Sante with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against K'Sante as Volibear, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Volibear vs K'Sante battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.

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