Nilah vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Nilah
based on 2,865 Nilah vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Nilah against Kayn matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Nilah typically has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than Kayn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Kayn
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Who is Better, Nilah or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayn, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Nilah makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Nilah does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nilah into Kaynas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nilah also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Kayn matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nilah is a decent counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nilah against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nilah to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah on average accumulates much more CS as Kayn. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nilah versus Kayn build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better countering Kayn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 50.6% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Kayn as Nilah, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nilah vs Kayn face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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