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Taric vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Taric in LoLTaric is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Taric

based on 610 Taric vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.83
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. Within our database, Taric faced off against K'Sante in 610 games. Using so many matchups for Taric vs K'Sante provides us faith in our capability to provide informative data and a solid build to smash your opposition. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Taric fights K'Sante in only 1.6% of his games.

Taric vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Taric does a good job of countering K'Sante. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.8% of games the champs face one another in. In Taric versus K'Sante matches, Taric’s team is 0.3% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Taric vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Taric Items

~22 Mins
FimbulwinterLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowFrozen HeartCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taric to level upe
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Second ability for Taric to level upq
>
Last skill for Taric to max outw

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Attack SpeedArmorArmor
Taric's passive ability p
Taric's q ability q
Taric's w ability w
Taric's e ability e
Taric's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
E
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R
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Taric

Tips for Playing as Taric against K'Sante

The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.

Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.

Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.

Advice to Win Against K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Taric vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Taric Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
K'Sante Image
1.8
< Kills >
4.6
5.8
< Deaths >
5.3
14.6
< Assists >
6.7
0.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.03
36
< Minions Killed >
167
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.39
2,113
< Physical Damage >
13,560
4,541
< Magic Damage >
3,499
755
< True Damage >
1,554
7,409
< Damage Dealt >
18,613
23,368
< Damage Taken >
29,876
8,455
< Gold Earned >
10,686
2.21
< Towers >
2.01
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
11,783
< Total Healing >
4,738
10,473
< Experience >
14,354
49
< Vision Score >
15
21
< Wards Placed >
8
364
< Time Dealing CC >
1,077

How to Counter K'Sante with Taric in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some critical Taric against K'Sante counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Taric often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than K'Sante. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taric and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Taric
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taric
K'Sante

Who is Better, Taric or K'Sante?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight K'Sante, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a good counter to K'Sante.

While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to K'Sante, when facing one another, Taric also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into K'Sante.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs K'Sante matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Taric is a good counter to K'Sante. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Taric against K'Sante.

Other Champion Matchups Against Taric

Taric Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.8% winrateZyraZyra45.9% winrateAniviaAnivia46.6% winrateMorganaMorgana47% winrate

Taric Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.4% winrateSejuaniSejuani59.1% winrateJarvan IVJarvan IV59% winrateKarthusKarthus58.5% winrate

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Additional Information for Taric Players

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

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Taric, we analyzed 610 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 K'Sante as Taric 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

Taric Build K'Sante Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

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

Taric often picks up a lot less CS as K'Sante. Champions who typically don't take 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 properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require 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 focus on in your Taric versus K'Sante build consist of Fimbulwinter, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting K'Sante than with many other common builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when countering K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing K'Sante as Taric, Taric players should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Taric vs K'Sante fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat K'Sante as Taric are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.