Hwei vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Hwei
based on 8,538 Hwei vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hwei vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Hwei vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Hwei
Tips for Playing as Hwei against Kayn
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
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.
Hwei vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Hwei in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Hwei vs. Kayn matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Hwei often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes less damage than Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hwei and Kayn
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Who is Better, Hwei or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Hwei usually loses when trying to fight Kayn, with a 46.0% win rate. As a result, Hwei makes a bad counter for Kayn.
While Hwei does have a lower winrate than Kayn, when on opposite teams, Hwei also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Hwei into Kaynas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Hwei also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Hwei is a trash counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hwei against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hwei to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hwei on average accumulates much more CS compared to Kayn. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Hwei versus Kayn build include Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better when fighting Kayn than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Hwei boasted an average winrate of 46.0% when countering Kayn with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Kayn as Hwei, Hwei players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Gathering Storm, and Manaflow Band runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Hwei vs Kayn matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.0% win rate overall.
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