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K'Sante

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

15.8%#43 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.5%picked in 348 of 3,303 games
Ban: 5.3%125 bans over 2,370 games, against 2.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top46.1% between 41.7% and 50.5% over 345 gamesSoloQ 47.2%: no clear gap

Median length30.2 minsoloQ 28.1 min

Amateur: 3,336 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 177,753 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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
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
5.2%
SoloQ
1.9%
5.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.3%
SoloQ
2.2%
6.3% ban rate in amateur play over 1,344 games, against 2.2% in soloQ over 130,688 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.2 min
SoloQ
28.1 min
Median of 30.2 min in amateur play, against 28.1 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 Undying65% · 6,198

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport78% · 7,371

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 70 games

Core (3 legendaries)8% · 238

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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong54.3% · expected 45.2% · 35 g+9.0 ptSoloQ -0.8

Jarvan IV48.9% · expected 47.3% · 47 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -0.2

Midgap to expected

Syndra47.5% · expected 44.1% · 40 g+3.4 ptSoloQ -2.8

Ahri48.6% · expected 44.8% · 35 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +2.6

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus45.5% · expected 44.6% · 33 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -5.2

With

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Ahri54.5% · expected 47.3% · 33 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +2.0

Syndra52.0% · expected 48.1% · 50 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +1.6

Viktor48.8% · expected 48.1% · 43 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -6.5

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn68.8% · expected 46.2% · 32 g+22.6 ptSoloQ -1.3

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus55.6% · expected 47.6% · 36 g+8.0 ptSoloQ -2.0

Karma46.9% · expected 40.7% · 32 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +0.5

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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