Thresh vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Thresh
based on 6,777 Thresh vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Kayn
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Thresh in LoL
The stats shown here feature several vital Thresh versus Kayn matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayn. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Kayn
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Who is Better, Thresh or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayn, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Thresh makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate than Kayn, when facing one another, Thresh also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into Kaynas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Thresh has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Thresh 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 team members during team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Thresh against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Thresh to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh often racks up a similar amount of CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Thresh versus Kayn build consist of Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Kayn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 49.6% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Kayn as Thresh, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Thresh vs Kayn counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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