Brand vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Brand
based on 11,207 Brand vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Kayn
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Brand in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Brand vs. Kayn matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..
Brand normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Kayn
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Who is Better, Brand or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayn, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Brand makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Brand does have a higher winrate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Brand into Kayn.
Additionally, Brand has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Kayn matchups, Brand is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Brand is a decent counter to Kayn. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Brand in order to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather 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.
Brand on average accumulates more CS as Kayn. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Brand versus Kayn build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Brand incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Kayn than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 50.6% battling Kayn with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Kayn as Brand, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Brand vs Kayn matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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