Leona vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Leona
based on 6,481 Leona vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Kayn
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Advice to Win Against Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Leona vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Leona in LoL
The stats provided here feature some strategic Leona versus Kayn counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between this pair of champions. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Leona often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Kayn
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Who is Better, Leona or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when trying to fight Kayn, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Leona does have a higher win rate than Kayn, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Kayn.
Moreover, Leona has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Kayn matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Leona is a good counter for Kayn. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Leona against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Leona to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona usually gets a similar amount of CS as Kayn. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Leona versus Kayn build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Kayn than with most other common builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when playing against Kayn with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Kayn as Leona, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Leona vs Kayn battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.8% win rate overall.
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