Braum vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Braum
based on 2,008 Braum vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Kayn
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Braum in LoL
The stats shown here feature some important Braum versus Kayn matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayn. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Braum typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Braum and Kayn
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Who is Better, Braum or Kayn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Braum usually wins when facing off against Kayn, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Braum makes a good counter to Kayn.
While Braum does have a higher winrate compared to Kayn, when facing one another, Braum also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Braum into Kayn.
Additionally, Braum has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Kayn matchups, Braum is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Braum is a decent counter to Kayn. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Kayn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Braum
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How We Calculated Our Braum vs Kayn Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Braum in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum often gets a similar amount of CS as Kayn. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Braum versus Kayn build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Kayn than with many other typical builds. In fact, Braum boasted an average win rate of 51.8% battling Kayn with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kayn as Braum, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Braum vs Kayn LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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