Kayn vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Kayn
based on 9,434 Kayn vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Kayn vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several influential Kayn against Vayne counter stats that may help you explain the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vayne’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vayne..
Kayn typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Vayne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Vayne
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Who is Better, Kayn or Vayne?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually loses when taking on Vayne, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a poor counter for Vayne.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate compared to Vayne, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Vayneas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vayne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Vayne. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn to counter Vayne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often gets a lot less CS compared to Vayne. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Kayn versus Vayne build consist of Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Kayn used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Vayne than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 48.6% battling Vayne with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Vayne as Kayn, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Kayn vs Vayne matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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