Galio vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Galio
based on 4,595 Galio vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Kayn
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Galio in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Galio against Kayn counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayn..
Galio often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Galio and Kayn
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Who is Better, Galio or Kayn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayn, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Galio makes an ok counter to Kayn.
While Galio does have a lower win rate compared to Kayn, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Galio into Kayn.
Moreover, Galio 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Galio 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.
Galio is a somewhat poor counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Galio against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Galio in order to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio typically picks up much more CS as Kayn. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Galio versus Kayn build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Kayn than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Kayn with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Kayn as Galio, you should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Galio vs Kayn counters, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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