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How to Win K'Sante vs Amumu Counter MatchupK'Sante is in the a tier of champions

K'Sante vs Amumu

How to Beat Amumu as K'Sante in LoLK'Sante is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Amumu as K'Sante

based on 1,216 K'Sante vs Amumu matchups
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
1.93
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Amumu as K'Sante resulted from an examination of 1216 ranked matches where both champs faced one another. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. K'Sante fights Amumu in only 2.0% of their rounds.

K'Sante vs Amumu Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a awful job of beating Amumu. Typically, they wins a lowly 46.2% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In K'Sante against Amumu rounds, K'Sante’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood. This implies that they probably won't be able to get first blood versus Amumu.

Best K'Sante vs Amumu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernHollow RadianceJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Unending DespairThornmailSunfire AegisIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for K'Sante to level upq
>
Second ability for K'Sante to level upw
>
Last skill for K'Sante to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
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
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Amumu as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Amumu

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 Win Against Amumu

Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.

Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.

Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.

K'Sante vs Amumu Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Amumu Image
4.9
< Kills >
4.1
6
< Deaths >
6.1
6.7
< Assists >
11.2
1.09
< Killing Sprees >
0.96
169
< Minions Killed >
30
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.35
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.39
14,249
< Physical Damage >
1,490
3,631
< Magic Damage >
11,328
1,677
< True Damage >
2,150
19,558
< Damage Dealt >
14,969
32,719
< Damage Taken >
32,339
11,059
< Gold Earned >
10,609
2.04
< Towers >
1.17
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
5,061
< Total Healing >
11,505
14,852
< Experience >
12,724
16
< Vision Score >
27
8
< Wards Placed >
9
1,037
< Time Dealing CC >
275

How to Counter Amumu with K'Sante in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several valuable K'Sante vs. Amumu matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Amumu..

K'Sante often has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Amumu. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between K'Sante and Amumu

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Amumu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Amumu

Who is Better, K'Sante or Amumu?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when playing against Amumu, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes a poor counter to Amumu.

While K'Sante does have a lower winrate than Amumu, when facing one another, K'Sante also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more challenging champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking K'Sante into Amumuas their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, K'Sante has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Amumu matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

K'Sante is a bad counter for Amumu. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as K'Sante against Amumu.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

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

For this guide on countering Amumu as K'Sante, we analyzed 1,216 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 Amumu as K'Sante 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante to counter Amumu during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante typically picks up much more CS as Amumu. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your K'Sante versus Amumu build include Kaenic Rookern, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when facing Amumu than with many other typical builds. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average winrate of 46.2% battling Amumu with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Amumu as K'Sante, K'Sante players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for K'Sante vs Amumu counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.2% winrate overall.

If you would like to see K'Sante vs Amumu tips and counter stats for a a particular skill level, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using every round completed with these champs.