Warwick vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Warwick
based on 8,044 Warwick vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Kayn
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Warwick versus Kayn matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Warwick often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Kayn
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Who is Better, Warwick or Kayn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayn, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Warwick does have a higher winrate than Kayn, when facing one another, Warwick also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Warwick into Kayn.
Furthermore, Warwick also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Kayn matchups, Warwick 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.
Warwick is a decent counter to Kayn. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Warwick against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Warwick in order to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick often accumulates more CS as Kayn. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Warwick versus Kayn build include Experimental Hexplate, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Warwick used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Kayn than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Warwick had an average winrate of 50.3% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Kayn as Warwick, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Warwick vs Kayn fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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