Kayn vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Kayn
based on 2,405 Kayn vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Naafiri
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Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Kayn vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several important Kayn against Naafiri matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the two. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri..
Kayn often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Naafiri. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Kayn or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when taking on Naafiri, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes an ok counter for Naafiri.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Naafirias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn most often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Kayn versus Naafiri build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Kayn combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Naafiri than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Naafiri as Kayn, Kayn players should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Kayn vs Naafiri counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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