K'Sante Top Build

K'Sante Champion Guide

Role: Tank

Lane: Toplane

The best build for K'Sante Top includes Iceborn Gauntlet, Plated Steelcaps, Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Thornmail. The most effective rune setup consists of Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, and Overgrowth in the primary tree, along with Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree.

K'Sante Champion Abilities

Dauntless Instinct

K'Sante's damaging abilities mark enemies hit for 4 seconds. Attacking a marked enemy consumes the mark to deal 12 (+1-2% of target's max health) bonus physical damage (depending on level).

All Out: K'Sante's attacks, abilities and passive deal an additional 1% (+1% per 100 bonus armor) (+1% per 100 bonus magic resistance) of the target's maximum health as bonus physical damage. P

Ntofo Strikes

K'Sante slams his weapon, dealing 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+40% per bonus armor) (+40% per bonus magic resistance) physical damage and slowing enemies by 80% for 0.5 seconds. If he hits, he gains a stack of Ntofo Strikes for 6 seconds. At 2 stacks, he instead fires a shockwave that stuns for 0.8 seconds and pulls enemies for 0.65 seconds.

All Out: Cooldown is reduced by 33%. Q

Path Maker

K'Sante raises his weapons defensively for a minimum 0.4 seconds and for up to 1 second, becoming unstoppable and reducing incoming damage by 30%. Then, he rams forward, dealing 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 (+8% (+2% per 100 bonus armor) (+2% per 100 bonus magic resistance) of target's maximum health) physical damage. Enemies hit are knocked back and stunned for 0.5-1.5 seconds (depending on charge time).

All Out: Cooldown is refreshed. Deals an additional 10-80% damage as true damage (depending on charge time), damage reduction is increased to 75% and dash speed is increased, but no longer knocks back or stuns. W

Footwork

K'Sante dashes, gaining a 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250 (+10% per bonus health) shield for 2 seconds. If dashing to an ally, the distance of the dash is significantly increased and the ally is also shielded.

All Out: Cooldown is decreased by 50% and dash speed is increased. E

All Out

K'Sante shatters his ntofos to knock back an enemy champion, dealing 80 / 115 / 150 physical damage, then dashes behind them and goes All Out for 15 seconds. If the enemy would hit a wall, they are knocked back through the wall and K'Sante strikes them again for 80 / 115 / 150 (+5% of his bonus health) physical damage.

While All Out, K'Sante's abilities are upgraded and he gains 25 / 35 / 45% attack speed, 50% bonus armor penetration, and 20% omnivamp, but loses 35% maximum health, 85% bonus armor, and 85% bonus magic resistance. R

K'Sante Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Teleport

Teleport is a unit-targeted summoner spell that blinks your champion to the target allied unit after a few seconds of channeling.

Teleport transforms into Unleashed Teleport after 10:00.

K'Sante Runes

K'Sante Items

K'Sante Ability Order

K'Sante Matchups Overview

Strong against

Nasus

Yasuo

Dr. Mundo

Malphite

Jax

Irelia

Weak against

Tryndamere

Aurora

Illaoi

Kennen

Kled

Fiora

K'Sante Tips and Tricks

During the laning phase, avoid constantly pushing. If you're always pushing, you'll miss the opportunity to use your Ultimate properly, as you'll be too close to the enemy's tower. After level 6, be cautious when using your Ultimate. Always check your surroundings and make sure you're not walking into an ambush from the enemy Jungler. In the early laning phase, you can threaten an all-in by using your third Q stack, which can give you a significant health advantage over your opponent.

Best K'Sante Build, Runes, and Items for Top

Most Popular Build

For Summoner Spells, take Flash and Teleport. For runes, pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Second Wind, and Overgrowth in the primary tree. In the secondary tree, choose Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight. For rune shards, take Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex, and Health Scaling in defense, depending on the matchup. Recommended items include Iceborn Gauntlet as the first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Unending Despair. Finish with Spirit Visage, Jak'Sho, The Protean, and Thornmail. Stick with the Q - W - E skill order.

Optional Build

Another option is to take Flash and Teleport for Summoner Spells. Use Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Second Wind, and Overgrowth in the primary tree. Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight should be chosen in the secondary tree. Rune shards should be Attack Speed in offense, and Health Scaling in flex and defense. Start with Kaenic Rookern, followed by Mercury's Treads and Iceborn Gauntlet. Finish the build with Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. Stick with the Q - W - E skill order.

Alternative Build

If you're looking for an alternative build, you can still use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind, and Overgrowth in the primary tree. Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight should be in the secondary tree. Rune shards are Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling. For items, start with Thornmail, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Iceborn Gauntlet. Finish with Unending Despair, Randuin's Omen, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. Use the Q - W - E skill order.

Off-Meta Build

For an off-meta K'Sante Top build, try Flash and Teleport for Summoner Spells, with Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, and Overgrowth in the primary rune tree. Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight are your secondary runes. Rune shards should be Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling. The items for this build include Iceborn Gauntlet as the first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Unending Despair. Finish with Spirit Visage, Jak'Sho, The Protean, and Thornmail. Stick to the Q - W - E skill order.

Situational Build

Adapt your K'Sante build based on the current game state, your matchup, and the enemy's champions. For rune shards, consider taking Armor or Magic Resist based on which champion you're laning against. Be flexible and make adjustments to your build to counter specific threats.