Darius with Kayn
How to Synergize Darius and Kayn
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Darius Kayn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Darius with Kayn
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Advice to Understand How Kayn Will Play
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Darius Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Darius in LoL
The Darius Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Darius sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayn. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kayn helps Darius perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Darius tries to synergize with Kayn, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Kayn provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played together with Kayn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kayn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kayn.
Moreover, when Darius plays with Kayn on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Kayn does a poor job of protecting Darius during team fights.
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Is Darius better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no one best synergy for Darius that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, Kayn is a not very good ally for Darius. By being on the same team as Darius, he decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 47.7%. This proves that there is a bad strategic relationship between Darius and Kayn that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Kayn has a much greater difficulty compared to Darius. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Kayn teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Darius and Kayn together, you may not be giving your team very much magic damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Kayn teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Darius to synergize with Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Darius and Kayn synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Darius included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Kayn than with most other common builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average win rate of 47.7% when playing alongside Kayn with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Darius players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Darius and Kayn pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.7% win rate overall.
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