Veigar vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Veigar
based on 6,529 Veigar vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Kayn
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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.
Veigar vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Veigar in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several influential Veigar against Kayn matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Veigar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Veigar and Kayn
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Who is Better, Veigar or Kayn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayn, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Veigar does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when facing one another, Veigar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Kaynas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Veigar has a good 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Kayn matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Veigar is a decent counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Veigar 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 stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar usually picks up much more CS relative to Kayn. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Veigar versus Kayn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cryptbloom, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Kayn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Kayn as Veigar, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Veigar vs Kayn LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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