Darius vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Darius
based on 6,267 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
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
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 stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Darius against Kayn counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn..
Darius often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Kayn
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Who is Better, Darius or Kayn?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Darius does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Kayn.
Additionally, Darius also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Darius vs Kayn matchups, Darius is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Darius is a decent counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out 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
If you would like to truly master Darius in order to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius often accumulates much more CS as Kayn. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Darius versus Kayn build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sterak's Gage, and Trinity Force. When Darius combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Kayn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Kayn with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Kayn as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Darius vs Kayn battles, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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