Lulu vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Lulu
based on 2,703 Lulu vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lulu vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Lulu vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Lulu
Tips for Playing as Lulu against Kayn
Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.
Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.
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.
Lulu vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Lulu in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Lulu against Kayn matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kayn. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Lulu usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lulu and Kayn
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Who is Better, Lulu or Kayn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lulu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayn, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Lulu makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Lulu does have a lower winrate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Lulu also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lulu into Kayn.
Additionally, Lulu has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Lulu is a somewhat poor counter for Kayn. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lulu against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lulu in order to counter Kayn during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lulu most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kayn. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lulu versus Kayn build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Lulu incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Kayn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lulu had an average winrate of 49.0% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Kayn as Lulu, Lulu players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Lulu vs Kayn counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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