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K'Sante

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

16.4%#45 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.5%picked in 737 of 6,991 games
Ban: 5.9%203 bans over 3,461 games, against 2.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Top48.3% between 45.2% and 51.3% over 727 gamesSoloQ 47.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 27.6 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 346,746 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Iceborn Gauntlet, Unending Despair, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 99% of top laners.FrontlineCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Gwen in amateur play: +16.2 pts over 32 games, range above zero.+16.2 pt32 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.3%
SoloQ
2.0%
5.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.3%
SoloQ
2.5%
6.3% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 2.5% in soloQ over 139,864 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
27.6 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 27.6 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Iceborn Gauntlet, Unending Despair, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying63% · 9,447

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport79% · 11,814

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 140 games

Core (3 legendaries)8% · 320

8%of soloQ games

Iceborn Gauntlet
Unending Despair
Jak'Sho, The Protean

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 99% of top laners.

Absorbs damagetop1%1,861 · top laners: 970
Crowd control (CC)top14%1.3 · top laners: 0.8

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
CC

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Team damage

What it is not

No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 54 in lane, 20 in mid game and 4 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

610+10 vs 599

812-56 vs 868

896-183 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

K'Santetop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 63% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 54 of 100 among top laners610 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 20 of 100 among top laners812 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 4 of 100 among top laners896 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 44 of 100 among top laners+85 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 37 of 100 among top laners-30 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 99 of 100 among top laners1,861 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 66 of 100 among top laners54% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 43 of 100 among top laners27% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 77 of 100 among top lanersrank 77 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 86 of 100 among top laners1.3 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 47 of 100 among top laners20% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Gwen in amateur play: +16.2 pts over 32 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Gwen59.4% · expected 43.2% · 32 g+16.2 ptSoloQ +2.4

Ambessa58.5% · expected 47.4% · 41 g+11.1 ptSoloQ -2.5

Gnar52.9% · expected 50.8% · 70 g+2.1 ptSoloQ -4.5

Junglegap to expected

Wukong53.9% · expected 48.3% · 102 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

Xin Zhao49.1% · expected 48.5% · 53 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -3.1

Midgap to expected

Hwei60.0% · expected 47.0% · 40 g+13.0 ptSoloQ -1.4

Ahri51.2% · expected 47.6% · 82 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +0.1

Viktor51.6% · expected 47.9% · 64 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +3.1

ADCgap to expected

Yunara53.7% · expected 46.4% · 95 g+7.3 ptSoloQ +2.0

Ashe59.6% · expected 50.4% · 47 g+9.2 ptSoloQ +3.1

Sivir59.5% · expected 51.4% · 42 g+8.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

Kai'Sa54.0% · expected 51.2% · 50 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Jinx52.0% · expected 50.4% · 50 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +1.0

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus48.9% · expected 45.2% · 90 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -0.7

Lulu54.4% · expected 51.3% · 90 g+3.1 ptSoloQ 0.0

Braum51.7% · expected 49.0% · 58 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +0.6

Milio52.3% · expected 49.3% · 44 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -3.3

Seraphine50.0% · expected 49.9% · 38 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

With

Junglegap to expected

Wukong51.7% · expected 48.3% · 120 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +1.4

Xin Zhao49.2% · expected 48.0% · 61 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -1.6

Vi50.0% · expected 48.7% · 54 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -1.2

Midgap to expected

Orianna57.4% · expected 49.2% · 47 g+8.2 ptSoloQ +0.5

Syndra51.9% · expected 48.6% · 106 g+3.3 ptSoloQ -1.8

Viktor50.0% · expected 48.7% · 76 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -4.6

Hwei50.0% · expected 49.5% · 36 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +0.8

ADCgap to expected

Lucian56.8% · expected 47.3% · 37 g+9.5 ptSoloQ -3.4

Ashe55.6% · expected 46.2% · 36 g+9.4 ptSoloQ -1.5

Kai'Sa52.3% · expected 45.3% · 44 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -0.9

Caitlyn54.5% · expected 50.2% · 66 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +0.4

Yunara50.6% · expected 50.2% · 85 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +1.3

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus67.9% · expected 51.4% · 56 g+16.4 ptSoloQ -1.2

Rell61.5% · expected 52.8% · 39 g+8.7 ptSoloQ -0.1

Milio48.6% · expected 47.3% · 70 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -4.5

Seraphine46.9% · expected 46.7% · 49 g+0.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

Bard56.7% · expected 55.0% · 30 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +3.0

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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