Aatrox vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Aatrox
based on 8,674 Aatrox vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Kayn
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Aatrox vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Aatrox in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Aatrox against Kayn counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Aatrox normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Kayn
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually wins when facing off against Kayn, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Aatrox makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Aatrox does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when on opposite teams, Aatrox also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aatrox into Kayn.
Additionally, Aatrox has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Kayn matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Aatrox is a decent counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aatrox to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox most often gets much more CS as Kayn. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Kayn build include Guardian Angel, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Aatrox bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Kayn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average win rate of 51.5% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Kayn as Aatrox, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Aatrox vs Kayn LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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