Kayn vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Kayn
based on 6,415 Kayn vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Kayn vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Kayn versus Zed counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Kayn usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Zed. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Zed
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Who is Better, Kayn or Zed?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Zed, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Zedas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. 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 in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Zed matchups, Zed is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn to counter Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn typically gets a lot less CS compared to Zed. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Kayn versus Zed build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance. When Kayn bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Zed than with most other common builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Zed with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Zed as Kayn, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kayn vs Zed face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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