|RANDOM QUOTE|

4700 HP, 329 armor, 201 MR champion👤 has unstoppable🚫, shield 🛡, wall🧱 hopping abilities. Has an airborne 🌪, furthermore the cooldown is only 1️⃣ second mana🧙‍♂️ cost is 1️⃣5️⃣ then when he transforms 💫 w cooldown is refunded and passive deals true damage 🗡 and then for armor/mr 🥋 the more 📈 and more 📈 you stack, you get cdr ⏰! you get cdr⏰ on your q and the casting speed 🚀 gets faster 📈 and then he has an AD 🗡 ratio so his W is eek-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA😱😱 - Showmaker

|P|DAUNTLESS INSTINCT|

After every ability that damages an enemy champion, your next auto attack gains additional attack range and damage. This pairs up very well with the range Ntofo Strikes has and Grasp of the Undying adding additional damage. Into melee matchups, try to take as much advantage of it as possible, but make sure that you are in a safe position. During All Out, you want to use your auto attack on as many procs as possible as the bonus damage will be increased true damage and the Auto Attack applying that damage will also be increased. This is one of the main sources of damage next to Ntofo Strikes.

|Q|NTOFO STRIKES|

This is K’Sante’s main ability. It pokes, clears waves and is the main source of Dauntless Instinct procs. The charged up Ntofo Strikes acts as a pretty good zoning tool, set up, engage tool or helps you position enemies for better All Out positions together with Path Maker

|W|PATH MAKER|

If used properly, this is one of the best abilities in the game. It prevents you from getting bursted easily, you are able to move to safety when cc'd, cancel displacements, move enemies out of position and lets you set up better All Out positions/angles. There are a lot of different options based on the situation and the hardest part is to figure out when you want to use it and for what purpose.

|E|FOOTWORK|

Good tool to keep a distance from enemy laners by dashing towards an allied minion if they want to engage on you or to close the gap between you, for you to follow up on an engaging teammate or to protect your carries from lethal threats.

|R|ALL OUT|

A very hard ability to master. It can serve as your all-in tool, allows you to move enemy threats into bad positions for them, seperate threats from fights or as a escape tool if you dont have any other options available.

|STANDARD ABILITY ORDER|

EARLY LEVELS

• Take Ntofo Strikes at level 1. This is your main ability.
• Take Footwork at level 2 to use the mobility and safety provided by this skill.
• Take Path Maker at level 3 to reduce the enemy champion's all in burst or to prevent getting cc'd in place for an incoming gank.

MAX ORDER

• level All Out whenever you are able to.
• max Ntofo Strikes first since it is your main ability.
• max Path Maker second. This will provide additional all in strenght.
• max Footwork last. The cooldown won't decrease a lot and the shield strenght gained each level isn't worth putting points in it otherwise.

|ALTERNATIVE ABILITY ORDER|

|TELEPORT|

Teleport makes it a lot harder for enemies to punish you. Especially in later stages of the game, where you want to pressure the opposite side of objectives your team wants to focus, it provides a lot of map pressure and you should only use it when necessary to have it available for when it is needed, providing you the ability to join your team or get a good flank position to enter their backline. Some other options to use it for are: when you would miss a lot of minion experience to keep pressure in lane to prevent dives in other lanes if absolutely necessary.

|GHOST|

Ghost is our recommendation for the current version of K'Sante. Since the changes removed all combos that played off of Flash, being able to use Ghost as a more reliably and consistent sticking tool became a stronger option.

|Flash|

Flash can still be used instead of Ghost if you prefer it, but it is weaker than Ghost now.

|RUNE SHARDS|

|RESOLVE|

KEYSTONE OPTIONS

The perfect option into matchups where you can reliably proc it. Grasp of the Undying perfectly fits K’Sante's Ntofo Strikes + Dauntless Instinct trading patterns while adding a little bit of sustain and additional Health. Having additional auto-attack range because of Dauntless Instinct makes it safe and easy to proc while being able to space other Grasp of the Undying users, denying them the option to trade stacks with you.

FIRST ROW

Demolish allows you to take tower plates a lot faster saves a lot of time. In later stages of the game it also helps you destroy towers a lot faster. You should always take this option if you are able to consistently hit the enemy tower in your matchup.

Shield Bash has become a strong option into matchups where you dont expect to hit the enemy tower to get value out of Demolish. This provides you additional strenght for poke or skirmishes instead.

SECOND ROW

Take Second Wind is your best option into ranged and poke matchups but it's also a good standart option if you prefer the additional sustain it provides. It will make it a lot harder for the enemy to poke you out of lane, allowing you to get more exp and gold.

Bone Plating helps you against champions that want to contest waves or possibly try to kill you in the early levels.

If you dont need the other 2 options, take Conditioning. This also applies if you are confident that you dont need Second Wind or Bone Plating in matchups where you would go for it.

THIRD ROW

Overgrowth adds a lot of additional Health. This also provides earlier spikes for your Ntofo Strikes cast time.

Unflinching is your go-to option if you want additional tenacity unless you get it from other sources like Legend: Tenacity .

Revitalize is a very situational option. It is good if you pair it with items like Gargoyle Stoneplate and Sterak's Gage or if your team has a lot of healing or shielding.

|INSPIRATION|

KEYSTONE OPTIONS

A strong option into ranged matchups, where it's almost impossible to proc Grasp of the Undying without sacrificing a lot of health in return. Alternatively, you can go Aftershock into those matchups, but we highly recommend that you learn to work with Unsealed Spellbook. Choosing the correct Summoner Spells can cover your weaknesses into those matchups and enhance your planned all-in windows.

FIRST ROW

Not being able to buy Boots early because of Magical Footwear can be a downside, but getting your Boots for free can help your gold economy and the 10 additional Movement Speed granted helps a lot.

SECOND ROW

Biscuit Delivery adds a lot of additional sustain for early laning phase. This makes it a lot harder to punish you or force you out of lane.

THIRD ROW

Cosmic Insight is always a good and consistent option. This allows you to be able to have map pressure with Teleport more often or being able to make more plays with Flash.

Approach Velocity provides additional sticking power with every slow from Ntofo Strikes or Iceborn Gauntlet. This helps avoiding your weakness in getting kitet and becomes very powerful in combination with Ghost's additional Movement Speed or Exhaust provided by Unsealed Spellbook in ranged matchups.

|PRECISION|

TRIUMPH

The additional healing can help you sustain trough teamfights. All Out consideres your real Health amount for the healing calculations.

LEGEND: TENACITY

Legend: Tenacity replaces Unflinching if you need a source of tenacity. This allows you to take Overgrowth as a result.

|OTHER RUNE OPTIONS|

This part covers runes that didn't got mentioned in their respective rows. Those are usually inferior choices, are really niche and matchup specific or they don't work well with K'Sante in general.

Font of Life wont provide you anything and it is only really useful once you group with your team.

There's no real reason to ever take Hextech Flashtraption. It's best used on supports that want to roam and do surprise flanks.

You won't benefit from Perfect Timing for 14 minutes and even at that point, it is a 1 time use and sell while blocking one of your inventory spaces.

Future's Market is a tricky rune because you need to optimize your back timings around it. This implies that you need to change the way you play to make use of this rune. Not every debt is a good one either. The best ones are the big item spikes this rune allows you to get at an earlier time.

Not really necessary. K'Sante has pretty good and consistent waveclear already. Minion Dematerializer is also very underwhelming in general.

Time Warp Tonic will never outperform Approach Velocity if you want sticking power and Cosmic Insight will always be more useful. Once you don't have any pots, this rune does nothing anymore.

Overheal only has potential to do anything during All Out but it won't do enough to be relevant.

The Mana regeneration is not needed. Presence of Mind won't allow you to use Path Maker or Footwork a lot more during laning phase and you still want to use them sparingly.

Additional Attack Speed isn't providing a lot on a tank and during All Out, you work with Auto Attack resets.

Lifesteal isn't providing a lot on a tank either and All Out doesn't need more healing.

A less consistent option than Last Stand.

You will never make use of the bonus damage. You build Health items and All Out considers your real Max Health amount.

Because of the increased Health threshold All Out got with 13.20, this rune isn't as consistent anymore. It can still be a strong option but you won't be in a permanently active state during All Out.

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|GRASP+INSPIRATION|

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|SPELLBOOK+RESOLVE|

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|GRASP+PRECISION|

Itemization as a tank highly depends on the matchup and enemy comp you are about to face. We can't provide a "build this in all cases" option, but we can provide a run down on the different items and their strenghts in combination with K'Sante's kit and give you examples on how to itemize.

|+|RESISTANCES|

Because of the way K'Sante scales with resistances, you want to prioritize items that offer Armor and Magic Resistance early on to reduce the cooldown of Ntofo Strikes as your main offensive ability while improving all the other scalings in his kit.

|+|HEALTH|

Health is a good stat that makes your resistances more effective because you can survive a lot longer.
While K'Sante uses Health in some of his scalings, he prefers resistances overall which makes pure Health items early on really bad. You are fine building items that dont have any Health like Frozen Heart or Gargoyle Stoneplate.

|/|ABILITY HASTE|

Ability Haste is something you get by building some of the best items for K'Sante. It isn't the best stat since it wont affect Ntofo Strikes, but you shouldn't avoid any items with it either.

|/|ATTACK DAMAGE|

Despite having Attack Damage scalings, K'Sante doesn't wan't to prioritize it. It won't add a lot of damage on a tank and All Out benefits a lot more from the Armor and Magic Resistance scalings until you get the Ntofo Strikes minimum Cooldown requirement.

|-|ATTACK SPEED|

Attack Speed should be avoided. Being able to attack fast wont do a lot on a tank with no Attack Damage and All Out completely relies on the Auto Attack resets granted by Ntofo Strikes and Footwork. Dauntless Instinct also enhances the Auto Attack damage during All Out to make it meaningful damage.

Since Doran's items got buffed, we don't recommend to go for Cloth Armor or Ruby Crystal as starting items anymore.

|DORAN'S SHIELD|

The go-to option . It provides a lot of safety and makes it easier to stay ahead if you get a lead on your lane opponent.

|PLATED STEELCAPS|

Prefered option into Auto Attack focused and heavy Attack Damage comps.

|MERCURY'S TREADS|

Buy them into cc heavy comps or high Magic Damage comps where Plated Steelcaps wont do a lot.

|ICEBORN GAUNTLET|

This item synergizes well with K’Sante’s kit, enhancing trading and stickiness with the Sheen effect and slow from Ntofo Strikes. It helps you land Ntofo Strikes and Path Maker and makes it difficult for enemies since you are able to permanently kite them from a decent distance.

|JAK'SHO, THE PROTEAN|

Jak'Sho, The Protean is a good mythic option, but it can't keep up with Iceborn Gauntlet's utility and strength. It only provides you pure Armor and Magic Resistance with some Health drain, but that's it. Even in scenarios where it would be good, Iceborn Gauntlet still remains a really good option.

|EVENSHROUD|

Evenshroud is a viable option if you are very behind in gold. You shouldn't go into a game with the mindset of buying it ever, but it can make you a little bit more relevant for skirmishes and fights as long as noone else on your team bought it already.

|OTHER MYTHICS|

Heartsteel is not a good option because it is a pure Health item with pretty bad components. You want to focus on getting resistances to get your Ntofo Strikes Cooldown down for more fighting power. Being stuck at 3,5 seconds of Cooldown leaves you in a really weak state and completely shuts down your early agression oppertunities.
Other tank mythics are supportive. They won't provide you a lot in fighting power, don't provide any kill pressure and can't compete with the utility Iceborn Gauntlet provides.

|BRAMBLE VEST|

Bramble Vest is the go-to antiheal option. It can be bought on the first recall if you need it and can afford it.

|WARDEN'S MAIL|

A good pick-up into Attack Damage matchups that heavily rely on Auto Attacks. The "Rock Solid" effect reduces their Auto Attack damage by a good amount.

|AEGIS OF THE LEGION|

Provides a lot of pure resistances for a low amount of gold. A good option if you want some additional mixed resistances after finishing your mythic and you want to get another legendary item before upgrading it into Gargoyle Stoneplate.

|NULL-MAGIC MANTLE|

This is only relevant if you go for an Iceborn Gauntlet build. This helps to compensate for the lack of Magic Resistance Iceborn Gauntlet has into Magic Damage matchups. Make sure to buy them before you focus on the Chain Vest component of Iceborn Gauntlet and only buy as many as your next item choice will use. Especially against a Magic Damage matchup and enemy jungle, this will provide a lot of survivability.

|BAMI'S CINDER|

Bami's Cinder can provide additional DPS. This helps into matchups where you struggle to poke the enemy champion down while they try to force extended trades on you. It also adds additional waveclear but makes it harder to keep a wave at a specific spot because of the aura damage.

|EXECUTIONER'S CALLING|

If you need anti-healing in a matchup where they can ignore Bramble Vest's on-hit passive. You won't upgrade this item which means that you want to sell it eventually. This costs you a lot of additional gold.

|GARGOYLE STONEPLATE|

The best Legendary item you can buy for K'Sante. A lot of pure Armor and Magic Resistance. The shield granted by the active effect also compensates for All Out's weakness in getting bursted.

|Randuin's Omen|

Randuin's Omen became a really good option into heavy Attack Damage and Auto Attack focused comps. Compared to Frozen Heart, it provides Health instead of Mana as a better combat stat for the same prize. We recommend it as a 2nd item if your top matchup and the enemy Jungler are Physical Damage.

|THORNMAIL|

If you went for Bramble Vest during laning phase, you want to finish it eventually. You can also get it in later stages of the game once the map is more “open” and you interact a lot more with other lanes that have a lot of healing.

|SPIRIT VISAGE|

With the buffs in 13.14, Spirit Visage became a really strong Magic Resistance option. It can be surprisingly good in combination with All Out's omnivamp, Footwork, Gargoyle Stoneplate's shield and potentially Triumph and any sources of healing and shielding in your team.

|ANATHEMA'S CHAINS|

A really good late game option if you struggle against a hyper-carry or if you don't want to invest into Magic Resistance into a 1 Magic Damage threat enemy comp.

|Force of Nature|

A decent and consistent Magic Resistance option that focuses on a lot of bonus Movement Speed.

|SUNFIRE AEGIS|

Very cheap item that provides a lot of additional DPS, making it a good option into tanks and very tanky comps or matchups where you can't avoid extended fights. Since the "Immolate" aura damage is Magic Damage, it’s a lot harder for enemies to itemize around you. It can underperform if the enemy team has a lot of ranged units since you want to hit as many enemies as possible with the "Immolate" effect.

|ABYSSAL MASK|

Very cheap and very underrated Magic Resistance item. This option can provide a lot of value for and into Magic Damage heavy comps, granting a lot of additional Magic Resistance for each nearby enemy while shredding some Magic Resistance on them.

|FROZEN HEART|

A really strong option into heavy Attack Damage and Auto Attack focused comps. The "Winter's Caress" aura reduces the Total Attack Speed, which can cripple enemy carries heavily. The aura effect also procs Jak'Sho, The Protean's passive.

|HULLBREAKER|

A decent option if your team doesn't really want to engage in teamfights because of a very inferior teamfight comp or the enemy team is too ahead. As long as you are alone and can use it's passive, it's a really strong item with an insane gold efficiency. But you are stuck with an below average Health and Attack Damage item with teammates around which isn't desirable. The build path isn't good either, make sure that you really need it for your game.

Keep in mind that K'Sante is a very strong teamfight champion if you are able to do so! Champions that were designed to side lane or hullbreaker is tailored to will always beat you if you try to force that playstyle on K'Sante.

|KNIGHT'S VOW|

A very underrated item if you have a carry on your team that is a head. It helps you to protect them and makes it easier to play around them as your win condition. Especially if you fall behind, this item offers a lot of utility for a very low price.

|ENGAGE ITEMS|

Sometimes your team needs some form of engage. While pure Movement Speed isn't the best way to engage, it is still getting you to the enemies if necessary. Chose the one with the resistances you want for the game. Turbo Chemtank is the more consistent option compared to Dead Man's Plate because of the high burst of Movementspeed it provides.

|Sterak's Gage|

[Experimental Option]

Sterak's Gage combines additional Attack Damage and survivability with the Shield and Tenacity it provides, making it a safer option than Titanic Hydra but with less overall Damage.

|Titanic Hydra|

[Experimental Option]

Titanic Hydra can provide you some additional Damage and wave clear. If you feel like you need some more Damage and have room as your 4th or last item, it can be a decent choice, but Sterak's Gage competes with the item slot.

|STANDARD ICEBORN GAUNTLET|

• This combination provides you a lot of all-in pressure because of Iceborn Gauntlet and additional safety because of Gargoyle Stoneplate's active shield.
• The early mixed resistances in this build path makes it a really good option to cover Physical and Magical Damage early on.

|ICEBORN GAUNTLET + ANTIHEAL|

• Early Bramble Vest helps you against matchups that Auto Attack you frequently while also healing a lot.
• After finishing Iceborn Gauntlet, you have 2 options to continue this build:
  • Finish Thornmail if you face an Physical Damage Toplane matchup and an Physical Damage Jungler.
  • Focus on Gargoyle Stoneplate if the enemy Toplaner and Jungler are a mix of Physical Damage and Magic Damage
• Continue buying the missing option once your 2nd item is finished.

|ICEBORN GAUNTLET VS HEAVY AD|

• Randuin's Omen second against heavy Physical Damage comps has become a strong buildpath recently. Consider this option if you don't need antiheal that early into the game or at all.
• In case the enemy Toplaner or Jungler is the only Magic Damage champion in the enemy comp, you can prioritize Gargoyle Stoneplate before Randuin's Omen for the mixed resistances or buy Aegis of the Legion after finishing Iceborn Gauntlet and before building Randuin's Omen

|JAK'SHO + GARGOYLE STONEPLATE|

• This combination makes you very tanky very fast but they won't provide you a lot of damage in return.
• The Build Path allows you to be more flexible and you can buy Components like Bramble Vest or add Sunfire Aegis before or after buying Jak'Sho, The Protean if you want more damage.

K'Sante is unique in his Tank - Warden and Fighter - Skirmisher split.

Knowing when to utilize your utility, peel and protection of the warden aspect combined with a lot more tankyness and when to use the damage heavy but squishy Skirmisher form will have a lot of impact and can decide a lot of outcomes differently.

You can also approach fights differently. By being a tank frontline, soak damage for your team and eventually find your way towards their backline, protecting your carries or go a more bruiser/skirmisher approach and flank the enemy backline, making them waste their time on you while your team handles the rest of their team and eventually going All Out to kill them or seperate them from their team.

While in a lot of situations, you don't rely on most of those combos, they still provide you a basic concept on how to use the tools you are given.

In some cases, using Path Maker is optional or should be held to prevent burst or getting cc'd. This is especially important during All Out.

|TRADING PATTERNS|

SHORT TRADING 1

Works with any stage of Ntofo Strikes. Great lane harass, hard to trade back against. Use the range as much as possible. Grasp of the Undying heavily enhances the combo damage. Try to combine it as much as possible.

SHORT TRADING 2

Same as Option 1 but Footwork allows you to gap close. Make sure the enemy can't engage on you.

EXTENDED TRADING 1

More focus on the partial auto attack resets granted by Ntofo Strikes and Footwork. Any stage of Ntofo Strikes works here.

EXTENDED TRADING 2

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Goal of this combo is to force Path Maker once you hit a Q3 on your enemy and to use Footwork to jump back to safety. Make sure you don't overuse this combo or you will run out of Mana really fast.

|SETUP COMBOS|

QUICK SETUP 1

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Footwork > Auto Attack (with Iceborn Gauntlet) > Path Maker


Footwork can be used to dash behind the target and charge Path Maker as long as the enemy stays within the hitbox.

GUARANTEED FLIP COMBO

Path Maker > Q3

This combo relies on the stun of Path Maker to guarantee the knock up from the third instance of Ntofo Strikes. This combo works as setup for ganks, All Out or trading. You can combine this with Footwork at the beginning.

ALL OUT SETUP

Allows you to move your target towards a desired location for better All Out angles.

FULL ALL OUT COMBO EXAMPLE

Combination of multiple combos. Make sure to rotate between abilities and auto attacks to maximize Dauntless Instinct bonus damage.
Using an additional auto attack after the first Path Maker could allow the enemy to move. Skip it if the enemy has some form of tenacity.

|GENERAL TIPS AND TRICK|

• This has been mentioned multiple times so far, but use Ntofo Strikes range and the additional Auto Attack range granted by Dauntless Instinct.
  
  Working with both tools properly makes it a lot harder for enemies to trade back while it gives you the potential to win short trades for free.
  
  
• Use the partial Auto Attack resets granted by Ntofo Strikes and Footwork on towers.
  
  This way you get a lot of additional damage on a tower in the same amount of time. It's especially important once you have Sheen.
  
  
• You want to use Path Maker to push the melee minions into the caster minions.
  This allows you to hit all of them at once with Ntofo Strikes while your minions move slightly closer to the enemies side.
  

|NTOFO STRIKES|

• Position yourself at an angle that allows you to hit 1 target in a clump of enemies. This prevents hitting multiple minions at once and potentially causing the wave to push if you dont want that to happen.

• The first 2 stacks of Ntofo Strikes can also hit champions behind you. This does not work for the charged version.

• The knockup and displacement of this ability can move targets over thin walls.

• Don't use Q3 unless you have a reason to.
  
  A lot of times, K'Sante players use the charged Ntofo Strikes for the sake of using it. Most of the times this goes into the enemy minion wave.
  This causes the wave to push a lot faster and put yourself in bad positions if you don't want to crash the wave.
  
  It is better to use the duration of the stack to zone the enemy champion instead, providing you some breathing room and wave control.
  If the Ntofo Strikes charge is about to fall off, you can try to fish for a hit on the enemy champion or use it to lasthit a minion thats far away, otherwise you don't need to use it since there won't be a benefit or punishment in doing so.

|PATH MAKER|

• Path Maker can catch and push enemies that are slightly behind you.
  
  While it seems underwhelming, this is a very important aspect of using the Footwork > Path Maker Quick setup combo.
  It provides you additional range and enemies wont expect it.
  

|ALL OUT|

• All Out can be used to dodge skillshots and other forms of CC like Lillia's Lilting Lullaby sleep proc.
  
  
• When using All Out over terrain in a teamfight or skirmish, make sure that you dont seperate yourself too far unless you just want to prevent an enemy champion from joining the fight. Once you killed your target, you want to join the fights as soon as possible again and working with shorter distances makes this a lot easier.
  
  
• If an enemy Teleport's to a tier 1 or tier 2 turret while your minions are pushed into tower range, you can (with good timing) precast a charged Ntofo Strikes or Path Maker to move them closer to a wall and All Out them away.
  
  
• Make sure that the blast cone near their tower isn't available if you are red side.
  
  This will just provide a free escape if you angle your All Out into that direction.
  
  
• All Out ignores any movements the enemie does between you clicking the ability on the target and the knock-back part.
  
  If you time this well and predict an enemy dash or blink ability, they will fly back to the initial end location.

LANING PHASE ALL OUT ANGLES

ADDITIONAL ALL OUT ANGLES

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In this section we will cover everything you need to know to improve as K'Sante. The informations provided aren't the only options to play him, but it is what we think will be the most consistent option.

K’Sante is a very reliable champion if he has to be weak sided. There is always outplay potential against every common matchup or you can play really safe with decent range poke and escape with Path Maker and Footwork if needed while focusing on farm and experience to scale.
You don't want to permanently fight most lanes until you reach specific power spikes but you outscale most enemy top laners if you manage to stay even.


Despite having those informations, K'Sante will need experience to be played well. Feel free to test your limits.

• One of the most important things of learning K’Sante is understanding minion waves, your strengths, power spikes and windows of opportunities. Being able to manipulate the wave into favoring your weak early is a good start to improving with K’Sante, because every game starts with the early game, and its something that can put you very behind if you are not careful.
  
• Knowing when and when not to fight your enemy is a big knowledge gap between good and bad players.
  • How do I approach my target?
  • What do I do if they do x?
  • What if i do x?
  For example, you might not want to just run into a Warwick level 1, but an overextended Illaoi without Test of Spirit is a lot safer.
  This is also part of understanding the different types of threats in each matchup, you can ask yourself these questions:
  • What is the dangerous part of the matchup and how can i avoid it?
  • How might I play when the enemy uses their key- or threatining ability?
• If you understand all of the key power spikes on K’Sante you can succeed with him very well. Understanding when you will hit level 6 or how you will play differently with Iceborn Gauntlet makes all the difference between a winning and losing lane. K’Sante has a very slow lane meaning he does not do anything crazy for a bit, but once you get level 6/ Iceborn Gauntlet you completely flip in terms of playstyle and if you are able to catch your opponent in the small window they make a mistake, you can punish them a whole of hell lot harder.
  
• Windows of opportunities is important, every champion has an ability that stops them from being knocked over, for example Sett's Haymaker, Camille's Hookshot, Pantheon's Aegis Assault. These abilities are crucial for winning a fight in top lane and also have a long Cooldown, so if you notice that the enemy abruptly uses it or suddenly wastes it, you can look for a kill window when it is on its big Cooldown.

|GENERAL MINDSET|

• Always make sure to maximize your gold income and experience.
  
• Most of the times, you want to have the wave near your tower. This forces your enemy to respect you since you can throw them into your tower if they dont.
  
• Try to minimize your Path Maker and Footwork uses. They cost a lot of mana while K’Sante has a low mana pool early on
  
• Use demolish as often as you can to benefit from tower plate gold.

|EARLY LEVELS|

• Focus wave management
  
• If you have multiple waves stacked and your lane opponent wants to trade you, you can use your Path Maker and Ntofo Strikes to keep them in your wave. They will take a lot of free damage if they decide to auto attack you or draw minion aggro as a result of any other ability.
  
• Try to reset before level 6 and get resistance components. This will make your lvl 6 power spike a lot stronger. If the enemy tries to play safe under tower, you can use the All Out Setup combo to force them out of tower range (preferably over terrain).
  This costs them minion exp and gold on top of being isolated.

|MELEE MATCHUPS|

• Your level 1 is extremely strong if you use your range properly. Most Champions need more than 1 ability to trade while K’Sante has 1 damaging ability and 2 escape tools.
  
• Use your Ntofo Strikes + Dauntless Instinct combo and Grasp of the Undying to poke the enemy. Make sure you aren't at risk of getting all-in’d and try to deny as many Grasp of the Undying procs as possible if they have the Keystone as well

|RANGED MATCHUPS|

• Try to get as much experience and gold as you can. You will trade health doing so, make sure that those trades are worth for you.
  
• Keeping the wave in front of your tower makes those matchups a lot easier. Most ranged champions you encounter toplane lack good wave clear and makes them easier to gank.
  
• Play around bushes. Ranged champions can't auto attack you, unless they ward or walk into you. If they decide to ward, they wont have vision to prevent ganks.

|HOW TO ACT AGAINST A FREEZE|

If you find your wave getting frozen by your strong enemy laner there are some strategies you can do to break the freeze:

• Call over your jungler to help break it. You will share experience with your Jungler which isn't favourable, but it is more important to get the wave into a spot you can work with.
  
• If the enemy laner has aoe damage in their trade pattern, position yoursekf inside your wave so it begins to push.
  
• Roam/get vision. Sometimes applying pressure outside of the lane can be too much for your enemy laner to handle. They will often try to push if they see that you impact Midlane or other parts of the map.

|HOW TO HANDLE PROXY FARMING|

There are some strategies to prevent or handle it and punish it:

• Make sure to catch your wave. If you get distracted by the proxy and focus on trying to get them on their own, they get exactly what they want.
  If necessary, use the Practice Tool to be able to consistently lasthit under tower.
  
• Whenever a tower plate is about to get destroyed, try to zone the enemy laner out of its range to prevent them from obtaining the gold.
  
• Call over your Jungler and/or Support and try to close in on them for a guaranteed kill. Make sure that both of you walk different ways that also blocks easy escape routes.
  
• If your Jungler is botside and noone is coming to help, simply make sure you get every lasthit and ping for potential roams. Make sure to match recall timings and set up vision preemptively to see if the enemy laner goes to proxy again.