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How to Win Kayn vs Orianna Counter MatchupKayn is in the s tier of champions

Kayn vs Orianna

How to Beat Orianna as Kayn in LoLKayn is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Orianna as Kayn

based on 2,471 Kayn vs Orianna matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Orianna as Kayn resulted from an analysis of 2471 ranked matches where both champions fought one another. This matchup is relatively rare. Kayn has to counter Orianna in only 1.4% of his games.

Kayn vs Orianna Matchup Summary

Kayn does a ok job of beating Orianna. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of matches the champions face one another in. In Kayn versus Orianna matches, Kayn’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Orianna.

Best Kayn vs Orianna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSerrated Dirk

Core Kayn Items

~22 Mins
HubrisProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeEdge of NightAxiom ArcSpear of Shojin

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kayn to level upq
>
Second ability for Kayn to level upw
>
Last skill for Kayn to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceGathering Storm
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kayn's passive ability p
Kayn's q ability q
Kayn's w ability w
Kayn's e ability e
Kayn's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Orianna as Kayn

Tips for Playing as Kayn against Orianna

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 Orianna

Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.

Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.

Kayn vs Orianna Counter Stats

Kayn Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Orianna Image
7.1
< Kills >
5.6
6.4
< Deaths >
5.5
6.8
< Assists >
9.3
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
35
< Minions Killed >
169
1.44
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.54
16,523
< Physical Damage >
1,013
1,531
< Magic Damage >
19,746
836
< True Damage >
332
18,891
< Damage Dealt >
21,092
37,387
< Damage Taken >
19,248
12,234
< Gold Earned >
11,350
1.1
< Towers >
2.17
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
18,446
< Total Healing >
1,964
14,080
< Experience >
14,486
21
< Vision Score >
21
6
< Wards Placed >
10
285
< Time Dealing CC >
337

How to Counter Orianna with Kayn in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some important Kayn vs. Orianna matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Orianna’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Orianna..

Kayn often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Orianna. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kayn and Orianna

Damage Types Compared

Kayn
Orianna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kayn
Orianna

Who is Better, Kayn or Orianna?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when taking on Orianna, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes an ok counter for Orianna.

While Kayn does have a higher win rate compared to Orianna, when facing one another, Kayn also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Oriannaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Kayn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Orianna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Orianna matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Kayn is a decent counter for Orianna. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Orianna.

Additional Information for Kayn Players

How We Calculated Our Kayn vs Orianna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Orianna as Kayn, we analyzed 2,471 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Orianna as Kayn comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Orianna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kayn typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Orianna. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well 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 case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Kayn versus Orianna build include Hubris, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kayn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Orianna than with most other common builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Orianna with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of beating Orianna as Kayn, you should use 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 Orianna fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Orianna as Kayn are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.