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How to Win Trundle vs Kayn Counter MatchupTrundle is in the s tier of champions

Trundle vs Kayn

How to Beat Kayn as Trundle in LoLTrundle is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kayn as Trundle

based on 11,380 Trundle vs Kayn matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
1.75
Pick Rate
4.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. In our dataset, Trundle faced off against Kayn 11380 times. Having so many matchups for Trundle versus Kayn gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide informative data and a pro build to shatter Kayn. This particular champ matchup is somewhat uncommon. Trundle encounters Kayn in only 4.8% of his games.

Trundle vs Kayn Matchup Summary

Trundle does a good job of beating Kayn. On average, he wins a whopping 53.8% of games the champions fight one another in. In Trundle against Kayn matches, Trundle’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Kayn.

Best Trundle vs Kayn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSheen

Core Trundle Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

HullbreakerRavenous HydraWit's EndExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Trundle to level upq
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Second ability for Trundle to level upw
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Last skill for Trundle to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Trundle's passive ability p
Trundle's q ability q
Trundle's w ability w
Trundle's e ability e
Trundle's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Trundle

Tips for Playing as Trundle against Kayn

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

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.

Trundle vs Kayn Counter Stats

Trundle Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
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5.5
< Kills >
6.8
6.3
< Deaths >
6.3
5.5
< Assists >
7.3
1.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
145
< Minions Killed >
38
0.51
< Dragons Killed >
1.41
0.85
< Inhibitors >
0.33
16,482
< Physical Damage >
16,902
2,440
< Magic Damage >
1,165
581
< True Damage >
852
19,503
< Damage Dealt >
18,920
36,525
< Damage Taken >
37,086
12,501
< Gold Earned >
11,923
3.47
< Towers >
1.07
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
16,920
< Total Healing >
18,436
14,730
< Experience >
13,832
18
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
6
339
< Time Dealing CC >
288

How to Counter Kayn with Trundle in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Trundle versus Kayn matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Trundle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Trundle may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..

Trundle typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Trundle and Kayn

Damage Types Compared

Trundle
Kayn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Trundle
Kayn

Who is Better, Trundle or Kayn?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Trundle usually wins when trying to fight Kayn, with a 53.8% win rate. As a result, Trundle makes a great counter for Kayn.

While Trundle does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Trundle also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Trundle into Kayn.

Moreover, Trundle also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Trundle vs Kayn matchups, Trundle is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Trundle is a great counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Trundle against Kayn.

Additional Information for Trundle Players

How We Calculated Our Trundle vs Kayn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kayn as Trundle, we analyzed 11,380 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kayn as Trundle comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Trundle in order to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Trundle typically picks up much more CS as Kayn. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Trundle versus Kayn build consist of Trinity Force, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Trundle combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Kayn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Trundle had an average winrate of 53.8% battling Kayn with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Kayn as Trundle, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Trundle vs Kayn battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.8% win rate overall.

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