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K'Sante Build 26.22

A situational pick at 48.5% right now and trending up, K'Sante is one of the hardest champions in the game to actually pilot. His whole payoff is All Out, the ultimate that slams a target through a wall and then strips his own tankiness for raw dueling damage. Land that combo and someone dies; fumble the charge on Path Maker and he is a tank doing nothing. He rewards mechanics over stats, so his ceiling sits far above what an average game shows.

#58 of 80 top this patch · 1.1k games

Win rate48.5%+1.7Games1.1kPick rate5.4%Ban rate3.1%Last 8 patches+0.0 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 9%AD 86%True 5%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 48.5% WR

Spells

Flash + Teleport Start

Plated Steelcaps SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopA50.9%AhriMidA51.2%AkaliMidC48.6%AkshanMidD45.0%AlistarSupportS52.8%AmbessaTopC48.5%AmumuJungleB50.2%AniviaMidC49.0%AnnieMidC48.7%ApheliosAD CarryC48.8%AsheAD CarryC48.5%Aurelion SolMidS53.5%AuroraMidS53.3%AzirMidD46.4%BardSupportC48.6%Bel'VethJungleS+55.2%BlitzcrankSupportA51.7%BrandSupportB49.9%BraumSupportA51.6%BriarJungleS54.1%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopA51.0%CassiopeiaMidD45.6%Cho'GathJungleS52.9%CorkiAD CarryA51.2%DariusTopB50.1%DianaMidA51.1%Dr. MundoTopS52.6%DravenAD CarryB50.2%EkkoMidA51.7%EliseJungleB50.1%EvelynnJungleS53.0%EzrealAD CarryD47.1%FiddlesticksJungleC48.2%FioraTopA51.5%FizzMidC48.0%GalioMidB50.1%GangplankTopB50.6%GarenTopB50.0%GnarTopC48.8%GragasTopC47.8%GravesJungleB50.7%GwenTopA51.7%HecarimJungleB49.9%HeimerdingerTopA51.2%HweiMidB50.5%IllaoiTopB50.3%IreliaTopD47.4%IvernJungleS54.1%JannaSupportB50.4%Jarvan IVJungleD47.0%JaxTopB50.0%JayceTopC48.5%JhinAD CarryB50.7%JinxAD CarryB50.1%K'SanteTopC48.5%Kai'SaAD CarryB50.3%KalistaAD CarryB50.3%KarmaSupportC48.4%KarthusJungleS52.9%KassadinMidS+57.7%KatarinaMidA51.3%KayleTopB49.8%KaynJungleC48.0%KennenTopS53.8%Kha'ZixJungleB49.5%KindredJungleS52.8%KledTopS53.9%Kog'MawAD CarryB49.5%LeBlancMidS53.0%Lee SinJungleC48.6%LeonaSupportA51.6%LilliaJungleB49.3%LissandraMidC49.1%LockeMidC48.8%LucianAD CarryD47.7%LuluSupportB50.2%LuxSupportC48.3%MalphiteTopS52.4%MalzaharMidC49.1%MaokaiSupportB49.6%Master YiJungleC48.3%MelMidC47.8%MilioSupportC47.8%Miss FortuneAD CarryC48.3%MordekaiserTopA50.9%MorganaSupportB50.8%NaafiriJungleB50.2%NamiSupportA51.1%NasusTopA50.9%NautilusSupportB49.7%NeekoSupportD44.6%NidaleeJungleB50.7%NilahAD CarryS+60.9%NocturneJungleD46.9%Nunu & WillumpJungleD47.0%OlafTopC48.5%OriannaMidC49.1%OrnnTopA52.3%PantheonTopB49.9%PoppySupportS+54.7%PykeSupportB50.4%QiyanaJungleC48.1%QuinnTopD43.5%RakanSupportS53.6%RammusJungleS+58.7%Rek'SaiJungleS53.7%RellSupportS53.4%Renata GlascSupportS52.9%RenektonTopB50.4%RengarJungleA51.6%RivenTopC48.9%RumbleTopB50.7%RyzeMidD47.1%SamiraAD CarryC47.9%SejuaniJungleA52.4%SennaSupportS52.7%SeraphineSupportB49.5%SettTopB50.4%ShacoJungleC48.7%ShenTopS52.7%ShyvanaJungleS52.6%SingedTopC47.9%SionTopS53.3%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleB50.5%SmolderAD CarryC49.0%SonaSupportB50.9%SorakaSupportB50.4%SwainSupportS+55.0%SylasMidC48.0%SyndraMidC48.4%Tahm KenchSupportC47.7%TaliyahJungleB50.7%TalonJungleA52.2%TaricSupportD47.1%TeemoTopS53.3%ThreshSupportB49.6%TristanaAD CarryA51.4%TrundleTopC48.2%TryndamereTopA51.3%Twisted FateMidB49.5%TwitchAD CarryB50.4%UdyrJungleB51.0%UrgotTopD47.4%VarusAD CarryC48.7%VayneAD CarryC48.6%VeigarMidB49.4%Vel'KozSupportS53.5%VexMidS+55.5%ViJungleB50.3%ViegoJungleD47.1%ViktorMidC48.1%VladimirMidC48.8%VolibearTopB49.6%WarwickJungleS54.1%WukongJungleA51.7%XayahAD CarryS53.2%XerathMidA52.2%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.0%YasuoMidC48.2%YoneTopD46.9%YorickTopC48.0%YunaraAD CarryC48.2%YuumiSupportD47.3%ZaahenTopC48.9%ZacJungleA52.0%ZedMidC48.2%ZeriAD CarryB50.8%ZiggsAD CarryS+56.3%ZileanSupportB50.2%ZoeMidS+55.3%ZyraSupportA51.4%

When Is K'Sante Strongest?

The high point is the late game, so every extra minute helps, and games at this rank average around 27 minutes. K'Sante wins by reaching that window with enough resistances to survive going All Out, then using his ultimate to isolate a carry and delete them while his team cleans up the rest.

Game timeline · K'Sante drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end26:59

Ambush zone7:36–9:06 Power spike 23:01

11:54

14:18

23:01

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 53/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~4.6k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Iceborn Gauntlet · 14:18

K'Sante Item Build

K'Sante is a tank who fights like a duelist, soaking damage in lane and then turning into a dive threat once his ultimate strips his defenses for raw power. The build blends armor, health, and resistances with just enough damage to make his All Out form lethal.

Standard loadout · K'Sante The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Helm×1

Health Potion×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Plated Steelcaps73% · 49.9%

Mercury's Treads27% · 48.9%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.F

Force of Nature3966.7%Z

Zeke's Convergence10554.3%S

Spirit Visage10453.8%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.K

Knight's Vow2466.7%Z

Zeke's Convergence10554.3%F

Frozen Heart9453.2%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens38550.6%F

Farsight Alteration13447.8%S

Stealth Ward59747.2%

Best K'Sante Runes

Grasp of the Undying suits a durable frontliner who wants to live in the middle of a fight. Both his poke-and-brawl phase and his dive commit reward a resilience keystone that pays off the longer he stays in combat. Keep the rest of the page defensive so he can soak punishment and set up his displacement.

The pre-game page Grasp of the Undying · Resolve + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Resolve Primary

Grasp of the UndyingEvery 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Shield Bash97% · 47.8%

Second Wind88% · 47.9%

Overgrowth80% · 49.2%

Keystone plus three minors from Resolve, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Biscuit Delivery44% · 47.5%

Cosmic Insight44% · 47.2%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+20–180 Health (by level)

Build him tank first and let Iceborn Gauntlet anchor the frontline. The real breakpoint is the Jak'Sho, The Protean spike, and once Jak'Sho, The Protean comes together by roughly 23 minutes, his Q chains can pin a target long enough to open on them. Falling behind early is recoverable on this scaling curve. Keep stacking resistances so the tank base holds even after he trades it all away for the burst.

K'Sante Skill Order

The first three levels hand him a slow, a shield dash, and a stun in that order; the actual all-in waits for level 6, when All Out turns Ntofo Strikes into a shorter cooldown and Path Maker stops knocking the target away from him.

Skill order · K'Sante R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W38101213max 13

E214151718max 18

R61116max 16

K'Sante Abilities

Underneath the flashy dives sits Dauntless Instinct, marking whoever he hits with an ability so his next attack lands heavier. Footwork is his safety valve, a dash that shields him, and when aimed at a teammate it carries farther and covers both of them.

Abilities · K'Santepatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Dauntless InstinctPassiveP

Ntofo StrikesMax 1stQ

Path MakerMax 2ndW

FootworkMax lastE

All OutUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Ntofo StrikesPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+30 per rank+40% bonus armor+40% bonus magic resistancelv 170lv 4100lv 5130lv 7160lv 9190Constant at every rankCost20same at all ranksCooldown3.5ssame at all ranks

K'Sante Base Stats

Base stats · K'SantePatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD64+3.5AS0.688+2.5%MS330Range150HP625+120HP59.5+1Armor36+5.2MR30+2.1MP320+60MP57+1

K'Sante Matchups

K'Sante wants to grab and displace enemies, so lanes that kite him from range or punish his short cooldowns before he stacks give him trouble. Melee bruisers he can pull in with his line strike and wall-slam with his ultimate are where he thrives.

Lane matchups · K'Sante click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs tanks 01Use W max health damage to chunk them despite their armor.02Killing them in lane is hard; roam or pressure objectives for tempo.03In fights, R their carry instead; you will not kill the tank. Win rate by game lengthK'Sante overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min47.0%20–28 min49.4%28–35 min47.2%Over 35 min51.8%

Heavy-poke and percent-health threats like Shen, Renekton, and Olaf wear K'Sante down before he can leverage his kit, so respect their range and farm safely until he scales. His displacement is brutal once teams group, and he cleanly answers immobile bruisers such as Akali, Singed, and Ornn by charging Path Maker in and peeling them apart. Save your all-ins for when the ultimate is up.

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