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Vi vs K'Sante

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How to Beat K'Sante as Vi

based on 1,712 Vi vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each and every week. In our dataset, Vi faced K'Sante in 1712 games. Using so many matchups for Vi versus K'Sante provides us faith in our capability to provide enlightening statistics and a recommended build to annihilate your enemy. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Vi has to counter K'Sante in only 1.6% of her rounds.

Vi vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Vi does a good job of countering K'Sante. Typically, she wins a whopping 53.7% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Vi versus K'Sante games, Vi’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Vi vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Vi Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageDeath's DanceEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Vi's passive ability p
Vi's q ability q
Vi's w ability w
Vi's e ability e
Vi's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Vi

Tips for Playing as Vi against K'Sante

A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.

Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.

Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.

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.

Vi vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Vi Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
K'Sante Image
6.4
< Kills >
4.8
6.1
< Deaths >
5.6
8.2
< Assists >
6.6
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.1
33
< Minions Killed >
171
1.72
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.41
16,393
< Physical Damage >
14,082
95
< Magic Damage >
3,405
896
< True Damage >
1,565
17,385
< Damage Dealt >
19,053
30,221
< Damage Taken >
31,382
11,763
< Gold Earned >
11,040
1.46
< Towers >
2.13
0.38
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
11,581
< Total Healing >
4,878
13,701
< Experience >
14,881
24
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
294
< Time Dealing CC >
1,086

How to Counter K'Sante with Vi in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several significant Vi against K'Sante matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante..

Vi usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to K'Sante. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vi and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Vi
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vi
K'Sante

Who is Better, Vi or K'Sante?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vi usually wins when playing against K'Sante, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Vi makes a great counter to K'Sante.

While Vi does have a higher win rate than K'Sante, when facing one another, Vi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vi into K'Sante.

Additionally, Vi also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vi vs K'Sante matchups, Vi 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 teamfights.

Vi is a great counter for K'Sante. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vi against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Vi Players

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

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Vi, we analyzed 1,712 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 Vi 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 Vi in order to counter K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vi on average picks up a lot less CS as K'Sante. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Vi versus K'Sante build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Vi used at least these three items in her build, she did much better against K'Sante than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Vi boasted an average winrate of 53.7% battling K'Sante with this counter build.

To have the best probability of annihilating K'Sante as Vi, Vi players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Vi vs K'Sante battles, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat K'Sante as Vi are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.