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.
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Kayn vs. Rammus matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rammus..
Kayn usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Rammus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rammus, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes an ok counter for Rammus.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Rammus, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Rammusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rammus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Rammus. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Rammus.
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Rammus during both the early game 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 stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Rammus. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kayn versus Rammus build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin. When Kayn used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Rammus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Rammus with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Rammus as Kayn, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Kayn vs Rammus counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rammus as Kayn are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.