Urgot vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Urgot
based on 3,371 Urgot vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Kayn
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Urgot in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Urgot versus Kayn counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Urgot usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Urgot and Kayn
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Who is Better, Urgot or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Urgot usually wins when playing against Kayn, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Urgot makes a good counter to Kayn.
While Urgot does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Urgot also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Urgot into Kaynas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Urgot has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Kayn matchups, Urgot is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Urgot is a good counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Urgot against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Urgot in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot usually picks up much more CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Urgot versus Kayn build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Urgot incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Kayn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Urgot boasted an average winrate of 52.4% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Kayn as Urgot, Urgot players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Urgot vs Kayn LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.4% win rate overall.
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