Katarina vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Katarina
based on 6,299 Katarina vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Kayn
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Katarina in LoL
The stats shown here feature some critical Katarina vs. Kayn counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences between this set of champs. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayn. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Katarina usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Kayn
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Who is Better, Katarina or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayn, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Katarina makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Kaynas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Katarina has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Kayn matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a decent counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina in order to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina usually gets much more CS as Kayn. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Katarina versus Kayn build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Katarina used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Kayn than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 50.7% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Kayn as Katarina, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Katarina vs Kayn clashes, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
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