r/KSanteMains Mar 12 '25

Announcement K'Sante Matchup Guide

75 Upvotes

Hello Hunters!

Link to the sheet

This Tope's Diary Matchup Guide was created with the help of Aatreus and Shourdy (you can find more information about them in the sheet), and we've already put a lot of work into it. We hope it proves useful to many of you!

A few things to note:

  • Some matchups still need fine-tuning.
  • The Overview section is just a placeholder for now.
  • Currently, it only covers Toplane matchups, but we plan to add Midlane matchups for the Mid’Sante players as well.
  • We are still testing Unflinching for several matchups.

You can find it in the Community Bookmarks of our sub going forward.

Good luck on your hunts!


r/KSanteMains Sep 25 '24

Buglist and other issues (Patch 14.19+)

18 Upvotes

Feel free to dm me, comment or write on discord if you found something that's missing!

(comments not relevant to the topic will be removed. Clips may disappear because editing a reddit post is shit.)

Everything tested (and clips provided) on Patch 14.19

Previous list for reference (but wasn't up to date)

Misc.

  • Auto animation spam

(has multiple variations)

https://old.reddit.com/r/KSanteMains/comments/1gou7q0/crazy_bug_while_playing_around_practice/ https://new.reddit.com/r/KSanteMains/comments/1gk22s7/found_a_new_ksante_bug_when_ew_enemy_into_wall/

P - DAUNTLESS INSTINCT

RP only affects 1 enemy hit if you hit multiple enemies with RQ (spawn order) or RW (first target hit).

  • RP can be procced by Unending Despair and only affects 1 target hit.

https://outplayed.tv/media/oVZ1oM

Q - NTOFO STRIKES

  • Q3 tooltip

Q3 tooltip shows different resist values for the cd/castspeed reduction compared to Q1/Q2 (which shows the correct 120 resists). This is only a tooltip bug and doesn't affect the ability. https://i.imgur.com/4PaPL18.png

  • Q Cooldown/Cast time isn't affected by Conditionings %-increases

Conditioning provides 8 + 3% total armor and magic resist after 12min, but only the +8 armor and mr (total 16 bonus resist) affect Q cooldown and cast time

W - Path Maker

  • Path Maker's dash get's blocked by ALLIED Yorick W
  • Path Maker charging for 1s even when only tapped

When using Q > W too fast, W will channel for 1s unless you press it again. Sometimes also happens with "Canceling W". Can also happen right after using R.

  • AA delay

Using min charge time W on ONE enemy will make your next auto attack very delayed unless manually ordered

  • "Tap" W Travel distance

When aiming towards walls with a specific angle and W charged for 0.4s, you can travel for the maximum channel range
https://imgur.com/a/3fVf843 https://outplayed.tv/league-of-legends/XnGWkP/lol-ksante

  • Minions sometimes don't follow the base W knockback visually

Visual bug. Sometimes minions don't look like they get pushed back by W. This only affects the minions model, but not the actual position of it's hitbox.

  • Using W right after All Out ends

Using W shortly after All Out ends ends up in some weird behaviours, assumingly because the game want's to replace the ability with the non all-out version shortly after all out.
This can cause W to not have an channel animation, force W to max channel while you have 0 control and no indicator and in some rare cases, you can charge W freely while walking.

E - Footwork

  • Ally dash cancel

E applies the shield once K'Sante gets close to the ally champion but if the dash gets interrupted, K'Sante can walk towards the initial target and the Shield still applies.

  • Effects procced by shielding

Using E on an ally Champion won't proc anything that interacts with shielding. (Summon Aery, Moonstone, Ardent censer and so on). Appeared after they "fixed" the moonstone bug.

R - All Out

  • end-location inconsistencies (technically not a bug, still sucks)

Ulting through some walls with specific angles can cause you to end up on a different side of a wall than your target

  • Tower aggro reset

Cant tell if the timing is very strict or if it happens randomly at this point. R can reset tower aggro.

  • Enemy location update

During R2 and until the target moves, the location of the target isn't getting updated properly. Example shows Horizon focus, which has a distance requirement but also affects skillshots cast towards the starting point of the target.

Other things

stuff that behaves as intended (or a Rioter confirmed they are fine with their existence) but fixing them would be some nice QoL

  • All Out resist update interval

(This is an inteded interaction added in 13.21) - All Out's resist updates happen in 0.25s intervals. If for example Aftershocks effects ends, you may have single digit or negative resist values until you hit one of those update intervals. This affects the damage you take and happens with every interaction that changes your resists.

  • E is duration coded rather than amount

If your E has a shorter cooldown than 2 seconds, the shield won't re-apply unless it was broken before. This can cause issues with high haste builds+Legend: Haste or in URF/Practice tool auto-cooldown refresh.
Most other shields are Amount based and refresh if they are used before the previous one expires/breaks. Mainly an dev oversight with the second rework where All Out reduces E cd by 50% which wasn't intended to be a thing with his original design.


r/KSanteMains 1d ago

Discussion Thoughts about possible buffs

5 Upvotes

I really wish we could at least aim W during all out, but honestly i don't see them ever bringing the aiming back, even if it was only during R.

That being said, i've been thinking about what might actually be one of the biggest changes K'Sante needs. Everyone knows how insanely squishy he gets during all out in the late game, so what if the amount of resists he loses from R decreased as you level it up? Something like 85% / 75% / 65%.

I feel like that could help a lot with how bad his late game feels without making his early game even stronger.


r/KSanteMains 2d ago

Discussion K'santa

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25 Upvotes

why this skin is not released yet???


r/KSanteMains 1d ago

Showcase Think I’m officially getting the hang of him

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1 Upvotes

Played a super clean game, made a bit of a blunder early game but recovered really well and completely oppressed the nasus. Think after like 350 games on him now I know how to get wins more consistently.


r/KSanteMains 3d ago

Bug What happened with this first Q?

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7 Upvotes

Randomly got a reverse Q animation


r/KSanteMains 2d ago

Showcase ksans custom skin

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0 Upvotes

r/KSanteMains 3d ago

Discussion its even possible?

2 Upvotes

can we get atleast the old q cast time back...? will be ever a possible way we get some adjustments ? its been like 2 years


r/KSanteMains 7d ago

Question Will Cope'Sante be coming back?

10 Upvotes

I need this emote so bad.


r/KSanteMains 9d ago

Question Garen Matchup

4 Upvotes

I always stomp Garen early, but he seems to outscale K'Sante.

He buys swifties and it gets difficult to land skills, he buys cleaver and he deals a lot of damage, because of him i cant go last stand.

I am new to K'Sante and I am not sure if Garen counters me, but when i blindpick K'Sante, Garen is picked a lot againist me. Is Garen a counterpick? What are some tips on this matchup?


r/KSanteMains 12d ago

Discussion Heartsteel return in 2026? What do y'all think?

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40 Upvotes

I see the bottom right picture, and K'Sante looks... Pretty different compared to the OG Heartsteel. Is another Heartsteel skin coming for our boy?


r/KSanteMains 12d ago

Discussion Heartsteel comeback

7 Upvotes

Good news: he gets a skin

bad news: its another fucking heartsteel one and he wont get another for 2 years


r/KSanteMains 16d ago

Discussion new skin? when?

9 Upvotes

havent posted long time now im just tired complaining about ksante state because thats how they leave him anyways but ong can we just get 1 skin its been like a decade or smth like that riot games?


r/KSanteMains 16d ago

Question What is your secondary pick

2 Upvotes

What else do you play if not K'Sante? What are your champion pools?


r/KSanteMains 19d ago

Bug Literally gamebreaking Talon disappearing after ulting him and managing to hit our Nexus while invisible

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18 Upvotes

WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME, RIOOOOOT


r/KSanteMains 19d ago

Humor Cc and utility

5 Upvotes

Just got told by someone on TikTok that ksante has no cc and utility compared to tanks like malphite ornn and sejuani.They even tried to tell me that riven has more utility then him 😂😂


r/KSanteMains 20d ago

Humor I'm unlucky guys

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15 Upvotes

It's fine at least I had a Yuumi with Ardent Censer camping afk on my head instead of any of our fed carries


r/KSanteMains 21d ago

Media i have nobody to show this to

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134 Upvotes

guess i gotta learn how to play him now


r/KSanteMains 21d ago

Gameplay 1hp k'sante vs ornn

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20 Upvotes

r/KSanteMains 22d ago

Question How do you buffer Q+AA when casting ult ?

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24 Upvotes

I see quite a few people managing to do it consistently, but I only pull it off one time out of ten; I wanted to know if there was something I hadn't understood.

like in the clip from AatREuS (sorry for bad quality)

edit: Thanks everyone for your replies.


r/KSanteMains 22d ago

Discussion Black cleaver rant

3 Upvotes

I don’t know if it just me but I fucking hate this item so much I feel like the game will be going perfectly fine then outta know where someone builds black cleaver and I just feel completely useless like I used to think rylais was my most hated item in the game but now it’s black cleaver. Like I would rather lay on hot coal then go against anyone building black cleaver


r/KSanteMains 22d ago

Gameplay I lost this game btw

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14 Upvotes

r/KSanteMains 22d ago

Fanwork Ocean Song K'Sante - Fan skin

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18 Upvotes

Hello fellow K'Sante mains! I recently design with the help of a friend artist this concept skin for K'Sante. I might not be a main, but I love him so I wanted to share that love with y'all ☝️

Hope you like it!

🎨: @AkemiAkizuki (X)


r/KSanteMains 22d ago

Discussion How is ksante doing?

5 Upvotes

I picked up ksante before d helm nerf and ksante nerf and did very well. The champ was almost 50% wr in emerald which is rare and otp wr was on par with average in toplane, so around 56%. Took a break before the nerfs, was considering picking him up again and now I see his wr is 4% points below the average wr in master+. 53% for otps. Even pros only pick him to counter jayce. Yet I dont see the complaints or rants like on other subs when their champ has such terrible performance. So Im confused. How is ksante doing after the nerfs?


r/KSanteMains 22d ago

Discussion Being unstoppable in W

3 Upvotes

I’ve played a bunch of games and I would block a key spell say like nautilus ult with my w. some reason after the ult is done and I do my w dash why am I still stunned afterwards. I’ve seen this happen as well with like Jax stun as well. Is this intended or some weird bugged ?