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

K'Sante vs Ziggs

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

based on 830 K'Sante vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Ziggs as K'Sante resulted from an examination of 830 ranked matches where both champions faced one another. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. K'Sante is forced to battle against Ziggs in only 1.4% of their matches.

K'Sante vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a awful job of beating Ziggs. Normally, they wins a lowly 46.7% of games the champions oppose each other in. In K'Sante against Ziggs rounds, K'Sante’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, indicating that they probably won't be able to get first blood against Ziggs.

Best K'Sante vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalNull-Magic Mantle

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernHollow RadianceUnending DespairIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
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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Guide to Countering Ziggs as K'Sante

Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Ziggs

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 Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

K'Sante vs Ziggs Counter Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Ziggs Image
4.9
< Kills >
5.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.4
6.3
< Assists >
8.1
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.17
173
< Minions Killed >
172
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.59
14,421
< Physical Damage >
888
3,501
< Magic Damage >
23,823
1,635
< True Damage >
334
19,557
< Damage Dealt >
25,046
32,065
< Damage Taken >
17,140
11,149
< Gold Earned >
11,524
2.05
< Towers >
3.1
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,330
< Total Healing >
1,578
15,092
< Experience >
13,433
16
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
1,110
< Time Dealing CC >
252

How to Counter Ziggs with K'Sante in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some important K'Sante against Ziggs counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Ziggs..

K'Sante normally has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between K'Sante and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

K'Sante
Ziggs

Who is Better, K'Sante or Ziggs?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Ziggs, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, K'Sante makes a poor counter to Ziggs.

While K'Sante does have a lower win rate than Ziggs, when facing one another, K'Sante also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking K'Sante into Ziggsas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

K'Sante is a garbage counter to Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as K'Sante against Ziggs.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

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

For this guide on countering Ziggs as K'Sante, we analyzed 830 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 Ziggs 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 truly master K'Sante to counter Ziggs during both the laning 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 stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

K'Sante often racks up a similar amount of CS as Ziggs. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your K'Sante versus Ziggs build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante included at least these three items in their build, they did much better when facing Ziggs than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when countering Ziggs with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Ziggs as K'Sante, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for K'Sante vs Ziggs LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.

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