Naafiri vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Naafiri
based on 2,405 Naafiri vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Kayn Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Kayn
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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.
Naafiri vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Naafiri against Kayn matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Naafiri usually has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Typically, they receives less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Kayn
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayn, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Kayn.
Additionally, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Kayn matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average racks up much more CS compared to Kayn. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Naafiri versus Kayn build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Kayn than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Kayn as Naafiri, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Naafiri vs Kayn face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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