Orianna vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Orianna
based on 2,471 Orianna vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Kayn
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several important Orianna against Kayn counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Orianna often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kayn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Kayn
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Who is Better, Orianna or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Orianna does have a lower winrate compared to Kayn, when facing one another, Orianna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Orianna into Kaynas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Orianna has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Orianna is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Orianna in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna typically gets much more CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Orianna versus Kayn build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Kayn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Orianna had an average win rate of 49.5% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kayn as Orianna, Orianna players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Orianna vs Kayn counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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