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

K'Sante vs Tristana

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

based on 1,846 K'Sante vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
45.2 %
K/D/A
1.91
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Tristana as K'Sante resulted from an evaluation of 1846 ranked rounds where both champs engaged each other. This champ matchup is fairly rare. K'Sante encounters Tristana in only 3.1% of their games.

K'Sante vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a pathetic job of countering Tristana. Typically, they wins a lowly 45.2% of the time the champs face each other in. In K'Sante versus Tristana games, K'Sante’s team is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood, implying that they probably won't be able to get first blood versus Tristana.

Best K'Sante vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Frozen HeartThornmailHollow RadianceSunfire Aegis

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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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Tristana as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

K'Sante vs Tristana Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
45.2 %
VS
Win Rate
54.8 %
Tristana Image
4.5
< Kills >
7.5
5.6
< Deaths >
6
6.2
< Assists >
5.8
1.03
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
166
< Minions Killed >
173
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.58
13,444
< Physical Damage >
18,359
3,330
< Magic Damage >
2,257
1,421
< True Damage >
495
18,196
< Damage Dealt >
21,111
30,454
< Damage Taken >
21,594
10,669
< Gold Earned >
12,742
1.97
< Towers >
2.95
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
4,447
< Total Healing >
6,056
14,466
< Experience >
13,100
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
9
1,049
< Time Dealing CC >
71

How to Counter Tristana with K'Sante in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some critical K'Sante against Tristana matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champs. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Tristana..

K'Sante normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes more damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between K'Sante and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Tristana

Who is Better, K'Sante or Tristana?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Tristana, with a 45.2% win rate. Therefore, K'Sante makes a poor counter to Tristana.

While K'Sante does have a much lower winrate compared to Tristana, when facing one another, K'Sante also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking K'Sante into Tristanaas 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 Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Tristana matchups, Tristana 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 team fights.

K'Sante is a trash counter to Tristana. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as K'Sante against Tristana.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

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

For this guide on countering Tristana as K'Sante, we analyzed 1,846 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 Tristana 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

To learn all of the intricacies of K'Sante in order to counter Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Tristana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your K'Sante versus Tristana build include Kaenic Rookern, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better vs Tristana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average win rate of 45.2% battling Tristana with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Tristana as K'Sante, you should use 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 chose for K'Sante vs Tristana counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.2% win rate overall.

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