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How to Win Zilean vs K'Sante Counter MatchupZilean is in the s tier of champions

Zilean vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Zilean in LoLZilean is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Zilean

based on 728 Zilean vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
55.5 %
K/D/A
3.29
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat K'Sante as Zilean resulted from an examination of 728 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Zilean encounters K'Sante in only 1.7% of his games.

Zilean vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Zilean does a great job of beating K'Sante. Typically, he wins a fantastic 55.5% of games the champions battle one another in. In Zilean versus K'Sante rounds, Zilean’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Zilean vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Zilean Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongSolstice SleighImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Celestial OppositionCosmic DriveMorellonomiconLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Zilean's passive ability p
Zilean's q ability q
Zilean's w ability w
Zilean's e ability e
Zilean's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Zilean

Tips for Playing as Zilean against K'Sante

Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.

Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.

You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.

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.

Zilean vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Zilean Image
Win Rate
55.5 %
VS
Win Rate
44.5 %
K'Sante Image
2.3
< Kills >
4.5
4.8
< Deaths >
5.4
13.5
< Assists >
5.8
0.5
< Killing Sprees >
1.05
56
< Minions Killed >
177
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,112
< Physical Damage >
14,446
9,633
< Magic Damage >
3,468
761
< True Damage >
1,633
11,506
< Damage Dealt >
19,547
18,275
< Damage Taken >
31,489
8,974
< Gold Earned >
10,991
2.03
< Towers >
2.03
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,796
< Total Healing >
5,003
12,020
< Experience >
15,011
56
< Vision Score >
16
24
< Wards Placed >
8
182
< Time Dealing CC >
1,069

How to Counter K'Sante with Zilean in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several influential Zilean against K'Sante counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than K'Sante. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Zilean normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than K'Sante. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zilean and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Zilean
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zilean
K'Sante

Who is Better, Zilean or K'Sante?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zilean usually wins when trying to fight K'Sante, with a 55.5% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a fantastic counter for K'Sante.

While Zilean does have a much higher winrate than K'Sante, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zilean into K'Sante.

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

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

Zilean is a great counter to K'Sante. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zilean against K'Sante.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean

Zilean Loses Against

LilliaLillia46.8% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrateViVi47% winrateJayceJayce47% winrate

Zilean Wins Against

SkarnerSkarner58.2% winrateRenata GlascRenata Glasc57.3% winrateYuumiYuumi56.8% winrateSivirSivir56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ViVi+ 54.1% 1233 GamesMaster YiMaster Yi+ 54.1% 2307 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 55.6% 2563 GamesSkarnerSkarner+ 57.6% 132 Games

Additional Information for Zilean Players

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

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Zilean, we analyzed 728 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 Zilean 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

Zilean Build K'Sante Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to counter K'Sante during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zilean most often gets a lot less CS relative to K'Sante. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Zilean versus K'Sante build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better against K'Sante than with many other common builds. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 55.5% battling K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating K'Sante as Zilean, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Zilean vs K'Sante clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat K'Sante as Zilean are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.