Xerath vs K'Sante
How to Beat K'Sante as Xerath
based on 2,252 Xerath vs K'Sante matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs K'Sante Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against K'Sante
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs K'Sante Counter Stats
How to Counter K'Sante with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Xerath versus K'Sante counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than K'Sante. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than K'Sante. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and K'Sante
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Who is Better, Xerath or K'Sante?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight K'Sante, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter for K'Sante.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to K'Sante, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Xerath into K'Santeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs K'Sante matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for K'Sante. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xerath against K'Sante.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to counter K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often picks up less CS compared to K'Sante. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Xerath versus K'Sante build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing K'Sante than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 51.6% battling K'Sante with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating K'Sante as Xerath, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Xerath vs K'Sante counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% win rate overall.
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