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K'Sante vs Rengar

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How to Beat Rengar as K'Sante

based on 2,335 K'Sante vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Rengar as K'Sante resulted from an examination of 2335 ranked rounds where both champs battled each other. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. K'Sante encounters Rengar in only 3.9% of their rounds.

K'Sante vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante has done a dismal job of countering Rengar. Typically, they wins a lowly 47.4% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In K'Sante versus Rengar games, K'Sante’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood. This indicates that they most likely won't be able to get first blood against Rengar.

Best K'Sante vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBami's Cinder

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Hollow RadianceKaenic RookernUnending DespairIceborn 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
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Rengar as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

K'Sante vs Rengar Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Rengar Image
5.1
< Kills >
8.2
5.4
< Deaths >
6.9
6.2
< Assists >
6.4
1.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
176
< Minions Killed >
42
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.39
14,655
< Physical Damage >
17,833
3,594
< Magic Damage >
1,409
1,547
< True Damage >
1,145
19,796
< Damage Dealt >
20,388
30,733
< Damage Taken >
34,127
11,209
< Gold Earned >
13,072
2.2
< Towers >
1.43
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
4,858
< Total Healing >
16,388
15,065
< Experience >
14,143
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
5
1,121
< Time Dealing CC >
242

How to Counter Rengar with K'Sante in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several valuable K'Sante versus Rengar matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Rengar..

K'Sante normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their counter does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Rengar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between K'Sante and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Rengar

Who is Better, K'Sante or Rengar?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Rengar, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, K'Sante makes a poor counter for Rengar.

While K'Sante does have a lower win rate compared to Rengar, when facing one another, K'Sante also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more challenging character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking K'Sante into Rengaras their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, K'Sante has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

K'Sante is a trash counter for Rengar. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as K'Sante against Rengar.

Other Champion Matchups Against K'Sante

K'Sante Loses Against

LilliaLillia40.7% winrateKledKled42.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser42.5% winrateIllaoiIllaoi42.9% winrate

K'Sante Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee56.2% winrateZeriZeri53.6% winrateLuluLulu53.1% winrateZoeZoe52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 54.1% 255 GamesUrgotUrgot+ 55.9% 111 GamesFioraFiora+ 57% 151 GamesKledKled+ 62.5% 104 Games

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

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

For this guide on countering Rengar as K'Sante, we analyzed 2,335 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 Rengar 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.

Other Useful Resources

K'Sante Build Rengar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master K'Sante to counter Rengar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown 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 relative to Rengar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your K'Sante versus Rengar build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante used at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs Rengar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Rengar with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Rengar as K'Sante, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for K'Sante vs Rengar battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.

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