Darius vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Darius
based on 8,517 Darius vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Kayn
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Darius in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Darius vs. Kayn counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Darius typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kayn. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Kayn
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Who is Better, Darius or Kayn?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayn, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Darius makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Darius does have a lower winrate compared to Kayn, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Kayn.
Furthermore, Darius has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Darius 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 team fights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter for Kayn. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Darius against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually gets much more CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Darius versus Kayn build consist of Trinity Force, Sterak's Gage, and Dead Man's Plate. When Darius incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Kayn than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Kayn as Darius, Darius players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Darius vs Kayn battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.
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