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How to Synergize K'Sante with Kalista on the Same TeamK'Sante is in the a tier of champions

K'Sante with Kalista

How to Win With K'Sante and Kalista Paired TogetherK'Sante is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize K'Sante and Kalista

based on 559 K'Sante with Kalista pairs
Win Rate
43.5 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. K'Sante has fought alongside Kalista in 559 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much relevant data from the hosts of League, we are totally sure that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help K'Sante synergize with Kalista. It is very rare for K'Sante to play alongside Kalista as allies. This has only happened in about 0.9% of rounds with K'Sante.

K'Sante Kalista Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a terrible job of playing alongside Kalista. On average, they wins a dismal 43.5% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as K'Sante when fighting on the same team as Kalista by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best K'Sante vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalNull-Magic Mantle

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Hollow RadianceThornmailKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for K'Sante to level upq
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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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Q
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E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing K'Sante and Kalista

Tips for Playing as K'Sante with Kalista

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 Understand How Kalista Will Play

Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.

Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.

Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.

K'Sante Kalista Synergy Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
43.5 %
VS
Win Rate
56.5 %
Kalista Image
4.7
< Kills >
4.8
5.5
< Deaths >
5.6
6.4
< Assists >
6.3
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.1
171
< Minions Killed >
172
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.4
13,855
< Physical Damage >
14,146
3,367
< Magic Damage >
3,470
1,476
< True Damage >
1,562
18,699
< Damage Dealt >
19,180
30,749
< Damage Taken >
31,239
10,870
< Gold Earned >
10,998
1.97
< Towers >
2.1
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,738
< Total Healing >
4,840
14,601
< Experience >
14,813
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
1,024
< Time Dealing CC >
1,061

How to Play with Kalista as K'Sante in LoL

The K'Sante Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, K'Sante sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kalista helps K'Sante perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When K'Sante is an ally to Kalista, they gets a little decrease in their full damage output. This difference may signal that Kalista doesn't help protection for them to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when K'Sante is played alongside Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Kalista.

Moreover, when K'Sante plays with Kalista on the same side, they usually takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Kalista does a decent job of covering K'Sante in team fights.

Synergies between K'Sante and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

K'Sante
Kalista

Is K'Sante better when played alongside Kalista?

There is no ideal synergy for K'Sante that will 100% of the time be their best ally. However, overall, Kalista is a terrible teammate for K'Sante. By playing on the same side as K'Sante, she drops their win rate by -3.7% to 43.5%. This shows that there is a terrible strategic relationship between K'Sante and Kalista that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Kalista has a lower difficulty than K'Sante. That means K'Sante players don't need to be very careful when lining up Kalista allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing cooperatively, K'Sante players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing K'Sante and Kalista together, you will not be giving your side very much crowd control. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Kalista teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

How We Calculated Our K'Sante Kalista Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing K'Sante and Kalista, we analyzed 559 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair K'Sante with Kalista comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante to pair well with Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to focus on in your K'Sante and Kalista synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better when fighting alongside Kalista than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average winrate of 43.5% when playing alongside Kalista with these items in their kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use 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 rune sets we have analyed for K'Sante and Kalista pairings, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.5% winrate overall.

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