Volibear vs K'Sante

Volibear
vs
46.0%

over 76 games

K'Sante

Skill matchup

Very tankyHeavy AD damageHeavy CCSplit push

Build vs K'Sante

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Volibear: Dusk and Dawn, Navori Flickerblade, Spirit Visage, Plated Steelcaps, Statikk Shiv, Hextech Gunblade, Riftmaker, Unending Despair.

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Dusk and Dawn
1
Navori Flickerblade
2
Spirit Visage
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Statikk Shiv
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot68%
FlashTeleport16%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Statikk Shiv
Hextech Gunblade
Riftmaker
Unending Despair
Shadowflame
Fimbulwinter
Dark Seal
Black Cleaver
Terminus
Randuin's Omen
Bramble Vest
Nashor's Tooth
Stormsurge
Thornmail
Cosmic Drive
Tear of the Goddess
Dead Man's Plate
22.2% WR9 games
PrecisionPrecision
Lethal TempoLethal Tempo
TriumphTriumph
Legend: HasteLegend: Haste
Last StandLast Stand
ResolveResolve
DemolishDemolish
RevitalizeRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

K'Sante's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Dauntless Instinct (P)

K'Sante's Abilities mark targets to take more damage on his next Attack.When All Out, K'Sante deals more damage with all Attacks and Abilities.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
33.5s14s10s–
63.5s14s10s2m
93.5s13s10s2m
113.5s12s10s1m40
163.5s10s9s1m20
183.5s10s8s1m20

Playing as Volibear

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Charge in, then stun

    Cast Thundering Smash (Q) to charge at your target: your speed doubles when heading toward a champion, and your next auto stuns them.

  2. Two Frenzied Mauls on one target

    Hit the same target twice with Frenzied Maul (W): the second hit, on the marked target, hits harder and heals you based on your missing health.

  3. Stay under your lightning

    Cast Sky Splitter (E) where you're fighting and stay in the zone: when the lightning strikes, you gain a shield, and enemies hit are slowed.

  4. Dive the tower with your ult

    To dive under a tower, cast Stormbringer (R) near it: on landing, you disable it for a few seconds, and you gain bonus health.

Playing against K'Sante

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Dodge his third Q

    After two Ntofo Strikes (Q) hit you, back off or dodge the next one: it becomes a shockwave that stuns and pulls.

  2. Step out of his charge's line

    When he charges Path Maker (W), get out of its line: nothing stops him while he charges, then he rams straight ahead and his dash knocks back and stuns.

  3. Don't fight with your back to a wall

    Don't fight with your back to a wall when he has All Out (R): if he knocks you into it, you go through, he hits you again and follows, far from your team.

  4. Focus him during his R

    Focus him during All Out (R): he loses max health, bonus armor and bonus magic resist, but heals off his damage, so don't drag it out.

Patch 16.21.1