Zoe vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Zoe
based on 2,281 Zoe vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Kayn
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
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.
Zoe vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Zoe in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some vital Zoe against Kayn counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Zoe typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zoe and Kayn
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Who is Better, Zoe or Kayn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zoe usually loses when playing against Kayn, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Zoe makes a poor counter to Kayn.
While Zoe does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Zoe also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Zoe into Kayn.
Additionally, Zoe also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Zoe is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zoe against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zoe to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe usually racks up much more CS relative to Kayn. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Zoe versus Kayn build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Kayn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zoe had an average win rate of 48.1% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Kayn as Zoe, Zoe players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Zoe vs Kayn matchups, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
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