League of Legends K'Sante: Release Date, Abilities & More
A brand-new tank top laner is making his way to League of Legends and them name is K’Sante, the Pride of Nazumah. The champion is set to shake up the meta favouring those who put the mechanics at the forefront as he will be requiring higher skill.
So far in Season 12, the developers over at Riot Games hasn't shied away from making new and complex champions. You have the likes of Zeri, the electrifying ability-centric AD Carry, Renata Glasc, who brought a different twist to the enchanter support role, and champions like jungler Bel’Veth and marksman Nilah who focused on carrying the team on their back. Seeing as every role but the top lane has gotten some love, that’s where the Pride of Nazumah comes in.
Here’s what we know about League of Legends’ K’Sante, including his release date, abilities, and more.
When does K’Sante Release in League of Legends?
K’Sante, the Pride of Nazumah will be making his way to League of Legends with Patch 12.21, which will release on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
Once the patch goes live next month, players can expect to get his hands on the new take on a tank top laner, alongside everything else the patch has to offer.
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What are K’Sante’s Abilities in League of Legends?
Seeing as Riot wants to make a more high-skill tank top laner the champion must have a set of abilities and a kit to coincide with that. Although K’Sante belongs to a role in League of Legends that is usually associated with a simple kit, the champion will possess the opposite of that.
“We looked at our tank roster and realized we didn’t have like an Aphelios, Azir, or Yasuo of top lane tanks. They are medium to low skill and complexity,” said Riot Games developer, Reav3 in a Reddit post back in April 2022. “The goal with this champ was to add a high skill/high complexity tank to the roster finally. Something that players that like that kind of stuff can really sink their teeth in and master over hundreds of games.”
His abilities, which you can find below, well represent that idea.
Passive - Dauntless Instinct
K’Sante’s damaging abilities mark enemies hit for a short duration. Attacking a marked enemy consumes the mark to deal damage plus max health physical damage.
All Out: Attacking a marked enemy instead deals physical damage and additional max health true damage.
Q - Ntofo Strikes
K’Sante slams his weapon, dealing physical damage in a small area around him and briefly Slowing targets hit.
If an enemy is hit, K’Sante gains a stack for a short duration. At 2 stacks, K’Sante instead fires a shockwave that Pulls enemies
All Out: This ability’s cooldown is reduced and no longer slows targets hit.
W - Path Maker
Begin Charging: K’Sante raises his weapons defensively for a short duration, becoming Unstoppable, and reducing incoming damage.
Release: K’Sante rams forward, dealing a percentage of max health physical damage, Knocking Back, and Stunning enemies he passes through for a short duration based on charge time.
All Out: This ability’s cooldown is refreshed, the damage reduction is increased, it deals an additional amount of physical damage based on charge time, and the charge and dash speed are doubled.
E - Footwork
K’Sante dashes, gaining a shield for a short duration. If dashing to an ally, the distance is significantly increased and they are also Shielded. Other spells can be cast during this ability.
All Out: This ability’s dash speed is increased. Dashing to a targeted location has increased range and can go over walls.
R - All Out
K’Sante shatters his ntofos, dealing physical damage and Knocking Back an enemy champion. Enemies that hit a wall will take a greater amount of physical damage, are Knocked Back over the wall, and are briefly Stunned. K’Sante then dashes after the enemy and goes All Out for an extended duration.
All Out: K’sante loses a percentage of max health, bonus armor, and bonus magic resistance. K’Sante gains attack damage, omnivamp, and transforms his abilities.
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Skins for K’Sante in League of Legends
K’Sante is the first League of Legends champion to be released with a skin and a Prestige Edition skin at the same time.
Click to enlargeOnce released, the champion will have an Empyrean skin, a brand-new line, and will have a Prestige Empyrean skin which was a collaboration with artist, Lil Nas X. Empyrean K’Sante will be an epic skin, costing 1350RP. The prestige version of Empyrean K’Sante will cost 2000 Event Tokens.
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