Vayne vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Vayne
based on 9,434 Vayne vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vayne vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Vayne vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Vayne
Tips for Playing as Vayne against Kayn
Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
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.
Vayne vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Vayne in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several significant Vayne against Kayn matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Vayne often has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vayne and Kayn
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Who is Better, Vayne or Kayn?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vayne usually wins when trying to fight Kayn, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Vayne makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Vayne does have a higher winrate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Vayne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Vayne into Kaynas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vayne also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Kayn matchups, Vayne is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vayne is a decent counter for Kayn. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vayne against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vayne to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vayne on average gets much more CS compared to Kayn. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Vayne versus Kayn build include Bloodthirster, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Vayne combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Kayn than with most other common builds. In fact, Vayne had an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Kayn with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Kayn as Vayne, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Vayne vs Kayn counters, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.
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