Kayle vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Kayle
based on 5,298 Kayle vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Kayn
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several significant Kayle versus Kayn counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Kayle usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Kayn
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Who is Better, Kayle or Kayn?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Kayn, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate than Kayn, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kayle into Kaynas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Kayn matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kayle is a decent counter to Kayn. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayle in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle on average gets much more CS compared to Kayn. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Kayn build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Kayle used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Kayn than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Kayn as Kayle, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Kayle vs Kayn counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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