Graves vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Graves
based on 8,183 Graves vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Kayn
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Graves vs. Kayn counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Graves often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Kayn
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Who is Better, Graves or Kayn?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually wins when trying to fight Kayn, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Graves does have a higher winrate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Kayn.
Moreover, Graves has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Kayn matchups, Graves is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Graves is a decent counter for Kayn. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Graves against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Kayn. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Graves versus Kayn build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Kayn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when playing against Kayn with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Kayn as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Graves vs Kayn counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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