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K'Sante with Alistar

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TankFighter
TankSupport

How to Synergize K'Sante and Alistar

based on 902 K'Sante with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. K'Sante has gone into battle with Alistar in 902 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much great data straight from the makers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help K'Sante play with Alistar. It is relatively rare for K'Sante to play with Alistar as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 1.5% of rounds with K'Sante.

K'Sante Alistar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante has done a below average job of teaming up with Alistar. Usually, they wins a dismal 47.6% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to do better as K'Sante when fighting on the same team as Alistar by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best K'Sante vs Alistar 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 AegisIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernHollow RadianceThornmail

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
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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R

Guide to Synergizing K'Sante and Alistar

Tips for Playing as K'Sante with Alistar

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 Understand How Alistar Will Play

Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.

Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.

Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.

K'Sante Alistar Synergy Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Alistar Image
5
< Kills >
4.8
5.5
< Deaths >
5.6
6.2
< Assists >
6.3
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.1
174
< Minions Killed >
172
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.4
14,692
< Physical Damage >
14,146
3,550
< Magic Damage >
3,470
1,639
< True Damage >
1,562
19,882
< Damage Dealt >
19,180
31,294
< Damage Taken >
31,239
11,037
< Gold Earned >
10,998
2.16
< Towers >
2.1
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,699
< Total Healing >
4,840
14,715
< Experience >
14,813
15
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
1,078
< Time Dealing CC >
1,061

How to Play with Alistar as K'Sante in LoL

The K'Sante Alistar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Alistar, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, K'Sante sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Alistar helps K'Sante perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When K'Sante tries to synergize with Alistar, they gets a marginal improvement in their complete damage output. This could signal that Alistar supports by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when K'Sante is played alongside Alistar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Alistar.

Additionally, when K'Sante plays with Alistar on the same team, they usually receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Alistar does a poor job of protecting K'Sante during teamfights.

Synergies between K'Sante and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

K'Sante
Alistar

Is K'Sante better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no top champion pairing for K'Sante that will no matter what be their top teammate. However, overall, Alistar is a very typical teammate for K'Sante. By playing on the same team as K'Sante, he improves their win rate by 0.4% to 47.6%. This proves that there is a weak strategic relationship between K'Sante and Alistar that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Alistar has a lower difficulty than K'Sante. That means K'Sante players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Alistar teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.

Working alongside, K'Sante players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Although, by pairing K'Sante and Alistar together, you probably will not be granting your side very much AP. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Alistar ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

How We Calculated Our K'Sante Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing K'Sante and Alistar, we analyzed 902 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair K'Sante with Alistar comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master K'Sante in order to synergize with Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to use in your K'Sante and Alistar synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante included at least these three finished items in their build, they performed significantly better when paired up with Alistar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, K'Sante had an average winrate of 47.6% when playing alongside Alistar with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, K'Sante players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.

If you want to see K'Sante with Alistar cooperations tips and stats for a an individual rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using every game run with these champs.