Kayn vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Kayn
based on 1,255 Kayn vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Kayn vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several valuable Kayn vs. Nidalee counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Kayn typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Nidalee. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Kayn or Nidalee?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 55.6% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.
While Kayn does have a much higher winrate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Kayn also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kayn into Nidaleeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nidalee. 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Nidalee matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kayn is a great counter for Nidalee. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average gets a similar amount of CS as Nidalee. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kayn versus Nidalee build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kayn combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Nidalee than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 55.6% battling Nidalee with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Nidalee as Kayn, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Kayn vs Nidalee counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.6% win rate overall.
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