Anivia vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Anivia
based on 2,526 Anivia vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Kayn Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Kayn
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Anivia against Kayn matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Anivia usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Anivia or Kayn?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually fairs equally well when playing against Kayn, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Anivia does have a higher win rate than Kayn, when facing one another, Anivia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Anivia into Kaynas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Anivia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Kayn matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Anivia is a decent counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Anivia against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Anivia in order 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia typically accumulates much more CS as Kayn. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Anivia versus Kayn build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Kayn than with most other common builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 50.9% battling Kayn with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Kayn as Anivia, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Anivia vs Kayn counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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