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K'Sante with Vel'Koz

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How to Synergize K'Sante and Vel'Koz

based on 1,153 K'Sante with Vel'Koz pairs
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. K'Sante has gone into battle with Vel'Koz in 1153 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much relevant data from the publishers of League, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, insightful builds to help K'Sante play with Vel'Koz. It is relatively rare for K'Sante to play with Vel'Koz on the same team. This has only occurred in approximately 1.9% of games with K'Sante.

K'Sante Vel'Koz Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, K'Sante does a below average job of teaming up with Vel'Koz. Usually, they wins a poor 48.3% of the time the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as K'Sante when playing with Vel'Koz by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best K'Sante vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core K'Sante Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernUnending DespairIceborn GauntletHollow Radiance

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
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing K'Sante and Vel'Koz

Tips for Playing as K'Sante with Vel'Koz

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 Vel'Koz Will Play

Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.

Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.

When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.

K'Sante Vel'Koz Synergy Stats

K'Sante Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Vel'Koz Image
4.8
< Kills >
4.8
5.6
< Deaths >
5.6
6.3
< Assists >
6.3
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.1
176
< Minions Killed >
172
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.4
14,196
< Physical Damage >
14,146
3,410
< Magic Damage >
3,470
1,638
< True Damage >
1,562
19,245
< Damage Dealt >
19,180
32,101
< Damage Taken >
31,239
11,261
< Gold Earned >
10,998
2.12
< Towers >
2.1
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,110
< Total Healing >
4,840
15,298
< Experience >
14,813
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
1,086
< Time Dealing CC >
1,061

How to Play with Vel'Koz as K'Sante in LoL

The K'Sante Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, 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 very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vel'Koz. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Vel'Koz helps K'Sante perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When K'Sante tries to synergize with Vel'Koz, they observes a little increase in their complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Vel'Koz supports by providing cover for them to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when K'Sante is played with Vel'Koz on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Vel'Koz. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Vel'Koz.

Additionally, when K'Sante plays with Vel'Koz on the same team, they on average receives a little more damage than when they plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Vel'Koz does a poor job of covering K'Sante in teamfights.

Synergies between K'Sante and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

K'Sante
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

K'Sante
Vel'Koz

Is K'Sante better when played alongside Vel'Koz?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for K'Sante that will always be their ideal teammate. Yet, Vel'Koz is a good ally for K'Sante. By playing on the same side as K'Sante, he increases their win rate by 1.1% to 48.3%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between K'Sante and Vel'Koz that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Vel'Koz has a lower difficulty than K'Sante. That means K'Sante players don't need to be careful when lining up Vel'Koz allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by grouping K'Sante and Vel'Koz together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates much support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for K'Sante Players

How We Calculated Our K'Sante Vel'Koz Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing K'Sante and Vel'Koz, we analyzed 1,153 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 Vel'Koz 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

To truly master K'Sante to pair well with Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to have in your K'Sante and Vel'Koz synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante incorporated at least these three great items in their build, they performed much better when paired up with Vel'Koz than with most other common builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 48.3% when playing alongside Vel'Koz with these items in their kit.

To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, K'Sante players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.

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