Kayn with Soraka
How to Synergize Kayn and Soraka
based on 4,200 Kayn with Soraka pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Soraka Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Soraka
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.
Advice to Understand How Soraka Will Play
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Kayn Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kayn sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Soraka helps Kayn perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn tries to synergize with Soraka, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Soraka supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played together with Soraka on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Soraka.
Additionally, when Kayn plays with Soraka on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Soraka does a poor job of covering Kayn during teamfights.
Synergies between Kayn and Soraka
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Kayn that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Soraka is a very typical teammate for Kayn. By being on the same side as Kayn, she decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 48.9%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Kayn and Soraka that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Soraka teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Kayn players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Conversely, by pairing Kayn and Soraka together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of AP. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Soraka ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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
To truly master Kayn in order to synergize with Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to include in your Kayn and Soraka synergy build include Edge of Night, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Soraka than with most other common builds. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing alongside Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Soraka with Kayn are displayed for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.