Zilean with K'Sante
How to Synergize Zilean and K'Sante
based on 686 Zilean with K'Sante pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean K'Sante Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and K'Sante
Tips for Playing as Zilean with K'Sante
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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).
Zilean K'Sante Synergy Stats
How to Play with K'Sante as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with K'Sante. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that K'Sante helps Zilean perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is an ally to K'Sante, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that K'Sante does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with K'Sante on the same side, 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.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with K'Sante on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that K'Sante does a poor job of covering Zilean in teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and K'Sante
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Is Zilean better when played alongside K'Sante?
There is no top companion for Zilean that will always be his ideal teammate. However, K'Sante is a very bad teammate for Zilean. By being on the same side as Zilean, they decreases their win rate by -4.2% to 46.5%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Zilean and K'Sante that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
K'Sante has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players need to be cautious when arranging K'Sante comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing together, Zilean players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Zilean and K'Sante together, you may not be granting your other teammates very much AD. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your K'Sante teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to pair well with K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Zilean and K'Sante synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside K'Sante than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to K'Sante with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up K'Sante with Zilean are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.