Ahri vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Ahri
based on 5,167 Ahri vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Kayn
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
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.
Ahri vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several important Ahri against Kayn matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Ahri often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kayn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ahri and Kayn
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Who is Better, Ahri or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayn, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate than Kayn, when facing one another, Ahri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Kayn.
Furthermore, Ahri also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Kayn matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Kayn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Ahri
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ahri to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri usually gets much more CS compared to Kayn. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ahri versus Kayn build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Ahri used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Kayn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Ahri had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Kayn as Ahri, Ahri players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ahri vs Kayn LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% winrate overall.
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