Kayn vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Kayn
based on 4,060 Kayn vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Aphelios
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Advice to Win Against Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Kayn vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Kayn in LoL
The stats provided here show some vital Kayn vs. Aphelios counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios..
Kayn typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Kayn or Aphelios?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually wins when taking on Aphelios, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Kayn makes a good counter to Aphelios.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Kayn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Apheliosas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Aphelios matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often gets a lot less CS compared to Aphelios. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kayn versus Aphelios build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Kayn used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Aphelios than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 51.1% battling Aphelios with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Aphelios as Kayn, Kayn players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kayn vs Aphelios counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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