Kayn vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Kayn
based on 8,142 Kayn vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Kayn vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Kayn vs. Pantheon counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between these two champions. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Pantheon..
Kayn typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Pantheon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Kayn or Pantheon?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually wins when playing against Pantheon, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes a good counter to Pantheon.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate compared to Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Pantheonas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Pantheon matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to counter Pantheon during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn most often picks up less CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kayn versus Pantheon build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance. When Kayn bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Pantheon than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 51.4% battling Pantheon with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Pantheon as Kayn, you should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kayn vs Pantheon face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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