Xerath with K'Sante
How to Synergize Xerath and K'Sante
based on 2,220 Xerath with K'Sante pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath K'Sante Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and K'Sante
Tips for Playing as Xerath with 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 Understand How K'Sante Will Play
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).
Xerath K'Sante Synergy Stats
How to Play with K'Sante as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with K'Sante. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that K'Sante helps Xerath perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath plays on the same team as K'Sante, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that K'Sante helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with K'Sante on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without K'Sante. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with K'Sante.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with K'Sante on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that K'Sante does a poor job of covering Xerath during teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and K'Sante
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Is Xerath better when played alongside K'Sante?
There is no perfect synergy for Xerath that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, K'Sante is a terrible teammate for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, they lowers their win rate by -4.3% to 46.3%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Xerath and K'Sante that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
K'Sante has a greater difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players must be cautious when arranging K'Sante teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Xerath players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Xerath and K'Sante together, you may not be granting your side a lot of support. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your K'Sante ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to synergize with K'Sante during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Xerath and K'Sante synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with K'Sante than with most other common builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 46.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to K'Sante with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Xerath players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.3% winrate overall.
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