Illaoi vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Illaoi
based on 3,357 Illaoi vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Kayn
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some vital Illaoi vs. Kayn matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Illaoi normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Illaoi and Kayn
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually loses when trying to fight Kayn, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes a poor counter for Kayn.
While Illaoi does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Illaoi also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Illaoi into Kayn.
Additionally, Illaoi also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Illaoi against Kayn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi
Additional Information for Illaoi Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi usually gets much more CS as Kayn. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Illaoi versus Kayn build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Kayn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Kayn with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Kayn as Illaoi, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Illaoi vs Kayn battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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